Supported Files Formats
Tracker can support many different files formats. Tracker is able to extract and collect info from the contents of supported formats; for example, Tracker is able to index the content of plain text files, so people can search terms inside the file, not only in filename.
Currently Supported Formats
The following file formats are currently supported by Tracker. The list is referring to tracker CVS, the latest stable release could differ. Moreover, this list is a work-in-progress. We are running some tests to check supported formats and features.
Format |
MIME Type |
Full text filter |
Metadata extractor |
Requests |
Plain Text |
text/plain (and derivates) |
yes |
not needed |
none |
OpenDocument Text |
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text |
yes |
yes |
unzip |
OpenDocument Text Template |
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-template |
yes |
yes |
unzip |
OpenOffice.org Writer (1.x) |
application/vnd.sun.xml.writer |
yes |
yes |
unzip |
OpenOffice.org Writer (1.x) Template |
application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.template |
yes |
yes |
unzip |
OpenDocument files |
applications/vnd.oasis.opendocument.* |
yes |
yes |
unzip |
OpenOffice.org (1.x) files |
application/vd.sun.xml.* |
yes |
yes |
unzip |
PostScript |
application/postscript |
no |
yes |
none |
application/pdf |
yes |
yes |
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AbiWord |
application/x-abiword |
yes |
yes |
libxslt (for text indexing), metadata built-in |
Microsoft Office |
application/msword application/msexcel application/mspowerpoint |
yes |
yes |
|
generic XML |
application/xml |
yes |
yes |
|
JPEG |
image/jpeg |
not needed |
yes |
|
PNG |
image/png |
not needed |
yes |
|
Images |
image/* |
not needed |
yes |
|
Audio and Video |
audio/* video/* application/* |
not needed |
yes |
GStreamer (default), xine, mplayer, or totem (2.17.2+) |
HTML |
text/html |
yes |
no |
w3m (full text only) |
Planned to Support
The following file formats are currently unsupported by Tracker, but we hope to add as soon as possible.
Notes
OpenDocument Formats
The keywords metadata (see File->Properties in OO.o) are automatically auto-tagged
Metadata extraction for OpenDocument Template files aren't available on tracker 0.5.1 and previous
Images
The exact list of supported image formats depends on ImageMagik features.
GIMP images (image/x-xcf) are not suppored by ImageMagik see bug #416905
Audio & Video
- The exact list of supported multimedia formats depends on supported formats by available multimedia systems (installed GStreamer plugins, compiled features for Xine and Mplayer). A list of GStreamer plugins for common audio and video formats will come.
- Mplayer and Totem are used if found on target system (no deps at compile time)
How to Add Other Formats
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