What image and sound files sizes, types and formats are supported?

Maximum file size


Overlay Expert supports a maximum file size of 10 MB. Remember, these files must be loaded on your viewers computer, so large images and sounds may not offer the greatest experience for a viewer with low bandwidth. Compress images and sounds to offer the best experience to all your viewers.

Images


The follow image file types and formats are supported.

GIF
Graphics Interchange Format
MIME type: image/gif
Extension: .gif

JPEG
Joint Photographic Expert Group image
MIME type: image/jpeg
Extensions: .jpg .jpeg .jfif .pjpeg .pjp

PNG
Portable Network Graphics
MIME type: image/png
Extension: .png

WebP
Web Picture format
MIME type: image/webp
Extension: .webp

For more information, please see Image file type and format guide (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Media/Formats/Image_types).

Videos


WebM
Web Media
MIME type: video/webm
Extension: .webm

For more information on WebM, please see Media container formats (file types): WebM (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Media/Formats/Containers#WebM).

Sounds


The following sound file types and formats are supported.

MP3
MPEG-1 Audio Layer III
MIME type: audio/mp3
Extension: .mp3

WAV
Wavefile Audio File Format
MIME types: audio/wave audio/wav audio/x-wav audio/x-pn-wav
Extension: .wav

For more information, please see Web audio codec guide (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Media/Formats/Audio_codecs).
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