fileformats.py

# USE THE DICTIONARY 'dict_fileformats' as reference to file formats and their extensions

# dictionary below contains file formats(extensions) as keys and their description as values
dict_fileformats = {

    # IMAGE FILE EXTENSIONS
    ".jpg": "JPEG image file",
    ".png": "Portable Network Graphics file",
    ".gif": "Graphics Interchange Format file",
    ".bmp": "Bitmap image file",
    ".tiff": "Tagged Image File Format",
    ".svg": "Scalable Vector Graphics file",
    ".ico": "Icon file",
    ".webp": "WebP image file",
    ".raw": "Raw image file",
    ".pdf": "Portable Document Format file",
    ".ICO" : "Icon File",
    ".WebP" : "WebP Image",
    ".HEIC/HEIF" : "High Efficiency Image Format", # this extension is split in two in the tuple 'tuple_fileformats' below
    ".JP2" : "JPEG 2000 Image",
    ".PBM" : "Portable Bitmap Image",
    ".PGM" : "Portable Graymap Image",
    ".PPM" : "Portable Pixmap Image",
    ".XBM" : "X BitMap Image",
    ".WBMP" : "Wireless Bitmap Image",

    # VIDEO FILE EXTENSIONS
    ".mp4": "MPEG:4 video file",
    ".avi": "Audio Video Interleave file",
    ".mov": "QuickTime video file",
    ".mkv": "Matroska video file",
    ".flv": "Flash video file",
    ".wmv": "Windows Media Video file",
    ".mpg": "MPEG video file",
    ".webm": "WebM video file",
    ".3gp": "3GPP video file",
    ".m4v": "MPEG:4 video file",
    ".ogg": "Ogg video file",
    ".ts": "MPEG transport stream file",
    ".VOB" : "DVD Video Object",
    ".RM" : "RealMedia",
    ".SWF" : "Shockwave Flash",
    ".ASF" : "Advanced Systems Format",
    ".MTS" : "AVCHD Video",
    ".F4V" : "Flash Video",
    ".MXF" : "Material Exchange Format",
    ".AMV" : "Anime Music Video",

    # AUDIO FILE EXTENSIONS
    "MP3" : "MPEG Audio Layer:3",
    "WAV" : "Waveform Audio File Format",
    "FLAC" : "Free Lossless Audio Codec",
    "AAC" : "Advanced Audio Coding",
    "OGG" : "Ogg Vorbis",
    "WMA" : "Windows Media Audio",
    "AIFF" : "Audio Interchange File Format",
    "ALAC" : "Apple Lossless Audio Codec",
    "M4A" : "MPEG:4 Audio Layer",
    "AC3" : "Audio Coding 3",
    "AMR" : "Adaptive Multi : Rate Audio Codec",
    "MP2" : "MPEG Audio Layer : 2",
    "AU" : "Audio File",
    "MIDI" : "Musical Instrument Digital Interface",
    "OPUS" : "Opus Audio Codec",
    "APE" : "Monkey's Audio",
    "DSD" : "Direct Stream Digital",
    "MPGA" : "MPEG Audio",
    "RA" : "RealAudio",
    "WV" : "WavPack Audio",
    "CAF" : "Core Audio Format",
    "MPC" : "Musepack",
    "SPX" : "Speex Audio",
    "MP1" : "MPEG Audio Layer:1",
    "MOD" : "Module File",
    "SND" : "Sound File",
    "ADX" : "CRI Audio File",
    "GSM" : "GSM Audio File",
    "VQF" : "TwinVQ Audio",
    "TTA" : "True Audio",
    "SPC" : "Super Nintendo Audio File",
    "OPUS" : "Opus Audio File",
    "EAC3" : "Enhanced AC:3 Audio",
    "WavPack" : "WavPack Audio File",
    "WVX" : "WavPack Hybrid Lossless Audio",
    "MID" : "MIDI File",
    "DTS" : "Digital Theater Systems Audio File",
    "MKA" : "Matroska Audio File",
    "AMR:WB" : "Adaptive Multi:Rate Wideband Audio",
    "ATRAC" : "Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding",
    "S3M" : "Scream Tracker 3 Module",
    "IT" : "Impulse Tracker Module",
    "XM" : "Extended Module",
    "NSF" : "NES Sound Format",
    "SID" : "Commodore 64 Audio File",
    "W64" : "Sony Wave64 Audio File",
    "3GA" : "3GPP Audio File",
    "ADPCM" : "Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation",
    "SD2" : "Sound Designer II File",
    "VOC" : "Creative Voice File",
    "MPP" : "Musepack Compressed Audio File",
    "AMR:NB" : "Adaptive Multi:Rate Narrowband Audio",
    "RMI" : "RIFF MIDI File",
    "IFF" : "Interchange File Format",
    "MTM" : "MultiTracker Module",
    "S3Z" : "Compressed Scream Tracker 3 Module",
    "AIFC" : "Compressed Audio Interchange File Format",
    "RIFF" : "Resource Interchange File Format",
    "RNS" : "Reason Song File",
    "IRCAM" : "IRCAM Sound File",
    "PVF" : "Portable Voice Format",
    "ARR" : "Cubase Arrange File",
    "KAR": "Karaoke MIDI File",
    "OFR" : "OptimFROG Lossless Audio File",
    "PAF" : "Ensoniq PARIS Audio File",
    "AU/SND" : "Sun Audio File",
    "SDS" : "MIDI Sample Dump Standard File",
    "AIFF:C" : "AIFF:C Sound File",
    "WVE" : "Wondershare Filmora Project File",
    "MPC8" : "Musepack SV8 Audio File",

    # TEXT FILE EXTENSIONS
    "TXT" : "Plain Text File",
    "CSV" : "Comma - Separated Values",
    "XML" : "Extensible Markup Language",
    "JSON" : "JavaScript Object Notation",
    "HTML" : "Hypertext Markup Language",
    "RTF" : "Rich Text Format",
    "DOC/DOCX" : "Microsoft Word Document",
    "PDF" : "Portable Document Format",
    "EPUB" : "Electronic Publication",
    "Markdown" : "Markdown Text Format",

    # 'DEVELOPER' FILE EXTENSIONS
    "EXE": "Executable File",
    "DLL": "Dynamic Link Library",
    "SYS": "System File",
    "APP": "Application File",
    "BAT": "Batch File",
    "SH": "Shell Script",
    "PS1": "PowerShell Script",
    "VBS": "VBScript File",
    "JAR": "Java Archive",
    "APK": "Android Package",
    "IPA": "iOS App Archive",
    "PY": "Python Script",
    "PYC": "Compiled Python File",
    "RB": "Ruby Script",
    "R": "R Script",
    "PL": "Perl Script",
    "C": "C Source Code File",
    "CPP": "C++ Source Code File",
    "H": "C/C++ Header File",
    "JAVA": "Java Source Code File",
    "JS": "JavaScript Source Code File",
    "CSS": "Cascading Style Sheet",
    "HTML": "Hypertext Markup Language File",
    "PHP": "PHP Script",
    "ASP/ASPX": "Active Server Page",
    "JSP": "JavaServer Pages File",
    "TS": "TypeScript Source Code File",
    "GO": "Go Source Code File",
    "SWIFT": "Swift Source Code File",
    "SCALA": "Scala Source Code File",
    "RUBY": "Ruby Source Code File",
    "PERL": "Perl Script",
    "LUA": "Lua Source Code File",
    "PLSQL": "PL/SQL Source Code File",
    "ASM": "Assembly Source Code File",
    "VB": "Visual Basic Source Code File",
    "VBSCRIPT": "VBScript File",
    "MATLAB": "MATLAB Source Code File",
    "OCTAVE": "Octave Script File",
    "F90": "Fortran 90 Source Code File",
    "F95": "Fortran 95 Source Code File",
    "BAT": "Windows Batch Script",
    "CMD": "Windows Command Script",
    "SWF": "Flash Animation File",
    "HTA": "HTML Application File",
    "IPA": "iOS App Archive",
    "APK": "Android Package File",
    "MSI": "Windows Installer Package",
    "DMG": "macOS Disk Image",
    "ISO": "Disk Image File",

    # SYSTEM FILE EXTENSIONS
    "DLL": "Dynamic Link Library",
    "SYS": "System File",
    "EXE": "Executable File",
    "SYS": "Device Driver File",
    "INI": "Initialization File",
    "BAT": "Batch File",
    "CFG": "Configuration File",
    "INF": "Information File",
    "LIB": "Library File",
    "DRV": "Device Driver File",
    "SYS": "System Configuration File",
    "VXD": "Virtual Device Driver File",
    "DMP": "Dump File",
    "BAK": "Backup File",
    "NFO": "Information File",
    "REG": "Registry File",
    "BIN": "Binary File",
    "PRX": "Plugin File",
    "DAT": "Data File",
    "PNF": "Precompiled Setup Information File",
    "ICO": "Icon File",
    "OVL": "Overlay File",
    "MUI": "Multilingual User Interface File",
    "SFC": "System File Checker File",
    "BCD": "Boot Configuration Data File",
    "NLS": "National Language Support File",
    "WIM": "Windows Imaging Format File",
    "NT": "Windows NT File",
    "NTFS": "NTFS File System",
    "NTUSER": "NT User Data File",
    "PF": "Page File",
    "LOG": "Log File",
    "SAM": "Security Account Manager File",
    "TMP": "Temporary File",
    "SYS": "System Recovery File",
    "GZ": "Compressed File Archive",
    "P7M": "Digitally Encrypted Message File",
    "ROM": "Read-Only Memory Image File",
    "EFI": "Extensible Firmware Interface File",
    "BOOT": "Boot Sector File",
    "KEY": "Security Key File",
    "PRF": "Outlook Profile File",
    "CAT": "Security Catalog File",
    "MBR": "Master Boot Record",
    "VHDX": "Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk File",
    "OST": "Outlook Offline Data File",
    "DLL": "Control Panel Extension File",
    "TTF": "TrueType Font File",
    "CUR": "Cursor Image File",
    "SYS": "Kernel System File",

    # ADOBE FILE EXTENSIONS 
    "PSD": "Adobe Photoshop Document",
    "PSB": "Adobe Photoshop Big Document",
    "TIFF": "Tagged Image File Format",
    "JPEG": "Joint Photographic Experts Group",
    "PNG": "Portable Network Graphics",
    "GIF": "Graphics Interchange Format",
    "PDF": "Portable Document Format",
    "AI": "Adobe Illustrator File",
    "SVG": "Scalable Vector Graphics",
    "EPS": "Encapsulated PostScript",
    "INDD": "Adobe InDesign Document",
    "IDML": "Adobe InDesign Markup Language File",
    "PRPROJ": "Adobe Premiere Pro Project File",
    "MP4": "MPEG-4 Video File",
    "MOV": "QuickTime Movie",
    "AVI": "Audio Video Interleave",
    "MXF": "Material Exchange Format",
    "AEP": "Adobe After Effects Project File",
    "AEPX": "Adobe After Effects XML Project File",
    "AET": "Adobe After Effects Project Template",
    "XD": "Adobe XD Document",
    "WAV": "Waveform Audio File Format",
    "MP3": "MPEG Audio Layer 3",
    "AIFF": "Audio Interchange File Format",
    "FLAC": "Free Lossless Audio Codec",

    # MSOFFICE/OFFICE 365 FILE EXTENSIONS
    "DOC": "Word Document",
    "DOCX": "Word Open XML Document",
    "DOT": "Word Document Template",
    "DOTX": "Word Open XML Document Template",
    "RTF": "Rich Text Format",
    "XLS": "Excel Spreadsheet (Legacy)",
    "XLSX": "Excel Open XML Spreadsheet",
    "XLSM": "Excel Open XML Macro-Enabled Spreadsheet",
    "XLSB": "Excel Binary Spreadsheet",
    "CSV": "Comma-Separated Values",
    "PPT": "PowerPoint Presentation (Legacy)",
    "PPTX": "PowerPoint Open XML Presentation",
    "PPS": "PowerPoint Slide Show (Legacy)",
    "PPSX": "PowerPoint Open XML Slide Show",
    "POT": "PowerPoint Template (Legacy)",
    "POTX": "PowerPoint Open XML Template",
    "ACCDB": "Access Database (2007 or later)",
    "MDB": "Access Database (Legacy)",
    "PST": "Outlook Data File (Personal Storage Table)",
    "OST": "Outlook Offline Data File",
    "PUB": "Publisher Document",
    "ONE": "OneNote Document"
}

# this tuple to be used in the programs
tuple_fileformats = (
    ".3ga",
    ".3gp",
    ".aac",
    ".ac3",
    ".accdb",
    ".adpcm",
    ".adx",
    ".aep",
    ".aepx",
    ".aet",
    ".ai",
    ".aifc",
    ".aiff",
    ".aiff:c",
    ".alac",
    ".amr",
    ".amr:nb",
    ".amr:wb",
    ".amv",
    ".ape",
    ".apk",
    ".app",
    ".arr",
    ".asf",
    ".asm",
    ".asp",
    ".aspx",
    ".atrac",
    ".au",
    ".au",
    ".avi",
    ".avi",
    ".bak",
    ".bat",
    ".bcd",
    ".bin",
    ".bmp",
    ".boot",
    ".c",
    ".caf",
    ".cat",
    ".cfg",
    ".cmd",
    ".cpp",
    ".css",
    ".csv",
    ".cur",
    ".dat",
    ".dll",
    ".dmg",
    ".dmp",
    ".doc",
    ".doc",
    ".docx",
    ".docx",
    ".dot",
    ".dotx",
    ".drv",
    ".dsd",
    ".dts",
    ".eac3",
    ".efi",
    ".eps",
    ".epub",
    ".exe",
    ".f4v",
    ".f90",
    ".f95",
    ".flac",
    ".flv",
    ".gif",
    ".gif",
    ".go",
    ".gsm",
    ".gz",
    ".h",
    ".heic",
    ".heif",
    ".hta",
    ".html",
    ".ico",
    ".ico",
    ".ico",
    ".idml",
    ".iff",
    ".indd",
    ".inf",
    ".ini",
    ".ipa",
    ".ircam",
    ".iso",
    ".it",
    ".jar",
    ".java",
    ".jp2",
    ".jpeg",
    ".jpg",
    ".js",
    ".json",
    ".jsp",
    ".kar",
    ".key",
    ".lib",
    ".log",
    ".lua",
    ".m4a",
    ".m4v",
    ".md",
    ".markdown",
    ".matlab",
    ".mbr",
    ".mdb",
    ".mid",
    ".midi",
    ".mka",
    ".mkv",
    ".mod",
    ".mov",
    ".mov",
    ".mp1",
    ".mp2",
    ".mp3",
    ".mp4",
    ".mp4",
    ".mpc",
    ".mpc8",
    ".mpg",
    ".mpga",
    ".mpp",
    ".msi",
    ".mtm",
    ".mts",
    ".mui",
    ".mxf",
    ".mxf",
    ".nfo",
    ".nls",
    ".nsf",
    ".nt",
    ".ntfs",
    ".ntuser",
    ".octave",
    ".ofr",
    ".ogg",
    ".ogg",
    ".one",
    ".opus",
    ".ost",
    ".ovl",
    ".p7m",
    ".paf",
    ".pbm",
    ".pdf",
    ".pdf",
    ".perl",
    ".pf",
    ".pgm",
    ".php",
    ".pl",
    ".plsql",
    ".pnf",
    ".png",
    ".png",
    ".pot",
    ".potx",
    ".ppm",
    ".pps",
    ".ppsx",
    ".ppt",
    ".pptx",
    ".prf",
    ".prproj",
    ".prx",
    ".ps1",
    ".psb",
    ".psd",
    ".pst",
    ".pub",
    ".pvf",
    ".py",
    ".pyc",
    ".r",
    ".ra",
    ".raw",
    ".rb",
    ".reg",
    ".riff",
    ".rm",
    ".rmi",
    ".rns",
    ".rom",
    ".rtf",
    ".ruby",
    ".s3m",
    ".s3z",
    ".sam",
    ".scala",
    ".sd2",
    ".sds",
    ".sfc",
    ".sh",
    ".sid",
    ".snd",
    ".snd",
    ".spc",
    ".spx",
    ".svg",
    ".svg",
    ".swf",
    ".swf",
    ".swift",
    ".sys",
    ".tiff",
    ".tiff",
    ".tmp",
    ".ts",
    ".ts",
    ".tta",
    ".ttf",
    ".txt",
    ".vb",
    ".vbs",
    ".vbscript",
    ".vhdx",
    ".vob",
    ".voc",
    ".vqf",
    ".vxd",
    ".w64",
    ".wav",
    ".wavpack",
    ".wbmp",
    ".webm",
    ".webp",
    ".webp",
    ".wim",
    ".wma",
    ".wmv",
    ".wv",
    ".wve",
    ".wvx",
    ".xbm",
    ".xd",
    ".xls",
    ".xlsb",
    ".xlsm",
    ".xlsx",
    ".xm",
    ".xml",
)