Supported File Types

Below is the list of file types, formats and codecs supported by the current version of DSD SHOW:

Type	File name extensions	Supported formats	Notes
Image	jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, gif, webp, svg, heic, heif	JPEG, PNG, Bitmap, GIF, WebP, SVG, HEIC/HEIF (only on Android 9+)	See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/media-formats#image-formats for more details. Files with resolution more than twice the size of the zone are first scaled down, in order to save the memory. Animated GIFs and WEBPs are supported only on Android 9+.
Video	mpg, mpeg, avi, mp4, 3gp, mkv, ts, flv, f4v, webm, wmv, m2v, m4v, mov	Usually MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, H.265	The exact codec and bitrate support is highly dependent on the hardware and support by the manufacturer of the device.
Audio	aac, flac, mp3, wav, ogg, mid	AAC, FLAC, MP3, PCM/WAVE, Vorbis, MIDI	See https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/media-formats#audio-codecs for more details.
PDF	pdf		Depending on the setting “Display PDF as scrollable”, all pages are either displayed as one long list or one after another
HTML	html, htm, xhtml		Supported HTML/CSS/JavaScript features depend on the version of Android System WebView app.
Excel	xls, xlsx	Excel 97-2003, Excel 2007 and newer	It is possible to change styling of the table via web interface, menu Settings – Device settings – CSS style for XLS.
Webpage link	url		URL link file containing shortcut to web page or text file with single line containing web page URL. Only pages which are successfully loaded are displayed. Supported HTML/CSS/JavaScript features depend on the version of Android System WebView app.
Text	txt	Plain text in UTF-8 encoding	For displaying as moving text.
RSS	rss, xml	RSS, Atom	With UTF-8 encoding.
Stream	–	HTTP/HTTPS/RTSP/RTMP live stream See Audio and Video for codecs	Support of particular codecs depends on the hardware.
Archive	zip, tar, ar	ZIP (Store, Deflate or Deflate64), TAR, AR	Used just for downloading/synchronizing multiple files together. Archive files are always unpacked immediately after upload.
Google Docs	–	Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides	Automatically converted to PDF when downloaded to the device directly from Google Drive. Conversion can be adjusted through setting “Google Docs convert settings”

DSD SHOW distinguishes various file types only by the file name extension. If any uploaded file is not displayed, check if its file extension is listed in the table above. File name extension is case-insensitive (doesn’t matter if it is in upper or lower case).