More information about media types

A media type is a standard two-part string analogous to a MIME type that identifies external content file types and their format. System Platform uses a media type to identify external content and the type of app required to display media during runtime.

A media type consists of a type and a subtype, which is further structured into a tree.

type "/" [tree "."] subtype ["+" suffix] *[";" parameter]

For more information about the format of media types, see https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml

System Platform provides several default media types that include associated apps to display media. The drop-down list of the Media Type field shows the default media types in bold text to indicate a viewer app is available in the Galaxy that can service external content with these media types. Other listed media types that appear in plain text require an app to be created and imported into a Galaxy to play the specified media.