File Investigator Supported File Formats
The MS Windows, Linux & Macintosh products support 4,700+ file formats, using databases totaling 6,400+ patterns/format variations.  You can view a list of them by:

Key with explanations of each term used in the lists above:

Accuracy (A) The level of accuracy possible in File Investigator for each file format:

High 99%: Identified by scanning the file for multiple signatures and data
Medium 90%: Identified by matching the file header, or internal signature, to a pattern
Low 75%: Identified by matching the file extension
Description Name used to identify a file format
File Extensions List of the valid file extensions used
File Extension Wildcards
? Indicates a space that can be any character
n Indicates a space that can be any number, 0-9
* Indicates an extension that can be anything
Index Number used to identify a file format in all Forensic Innovations products
Library File Expander library required to support a file type
Metadata (M) Whether metadata is extracted
MIME Type Valid MIME type used to identify file types in email and other file formats
Modified The latest version that the file format was updated in