# Supported containers
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This table specifies the types of containers that are supported for file inputs. These containers apply to all the types of upstream systems. 


|  Input type   |  Container   |  Media Type   |  Supported extensions for the file   | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | 
| File input  | Adobe Flash  | F4V  | .f4v, .flv  | 
| File input  | Apple HLS  | HLS  | .m3u8  | 
| File input  | Audio Video Interleave  | AVI  | .avi, .divx, .xvid  | 
| File input  | Matroska  | MKV  | .mkv  | 
| File input  | MPEG Transport Streams  | MPEG TS  | .m2ts, .m2t, .mts, .ts, .trp, .mpeg  | 
| File input  | MPEG-1 System Streams  | MPEG SS  | .mpg, .mpeg  | 
| File input  | MPEG-4  | MPEG-4  | .mp4, .m4v, .f4v  | 
| File input  | MXF  | MXF  | .mxf  | 
| File input  | No Container  | MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video  | .m2v, .m1v  | 
| File input  | QuickTime  | QuickTime  | .mov  | 
| File input  | WAV  | WAV  | .wav  | 
| HLS file input  | Apple HLS  | HLS  | .m3u8  |