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Supported File Extensions in PlayerLync

Written by Ryan Yakes

Updated at February 1st, 2021

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NOTE: When naming files, the following special characters are NOT allowed:

\  /  :  *  ?  "  <  >  |  %  #   
(back slash, forward slash, colon, asterisk, question mark, quote, left angle bracket, right angle bracket, pipe, percent, pound (hash)

Platform
Support File Types
Apple iOS App
Documents: .pdf .xlsx .docx .pptx .log .xls .csv .txt .rtf .ppt .htm .html
Images: .jpg .png .gif .tif .tiff
LMS Packages: xAPI (TinCan)
Microsoft Windows App Documents: .pdf .doc .docx .xls .xlsx .rtf .txt .csv .htm .html 
Images: .jpg .gif .png 
LMS Packages: xAPI (TinCan)
Google Android App Documents: .pdf .doc .docx .xls .xlsx .rtf .txt .csv .htm .html
Images: .jpg .gif .png
LMS Packages: xAPI (TinCan)
Web App (.htmlzip) Documents: .pdf .txt .rtf .htm .html (Other files, such as MS Office documents, will download to be opened on the computer with the system default application for the file type)
Images: .jpg .gif .png
LMS Packages: xAPI (TinCan)
Video Formats (All Platforms) .3g2 .3gp .asf .avi .divx .drc .evo .f4a .f4b .f4p .f4v .flv .m2ts .m2v .m4v .mcf .mk3d .mka .mks .mkv .mov .mp2 .mp4 .mpeg .mpg .mxf .nsv .ogg .ogv .ps .qt .rm .rmvb .roq .svi .ts .vob .webm .wma .wmv .yuv

*Please note, not all video formats will play correctly in the web-browser if you are using the PlayerLync Web App. Please ensure your video formats are in MP4 to ensure playback correctly on all devices and apps... this includes videos embedded in Learning Courses. This is a web-browser limitation.



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