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Technical MIME Specification & Web Server Guide

image/avif

Technical overview, official IANA specification, header magic bytes, and server configuration snippets for .AVIF files (AV1 Image File Format).

File Extension

.avif

Content-Type Header

image/avif

Format Category

Images

Standard Specification

AOMedia AVIF Spec

Description & Usage

Next-generation image format based on AV1 video keyframe encoding.

HTTP Server Content-Type Configuration Code

# Nginx mime.types configuration for .avif
types {
    image/avif    avif;
}

OS Compatibility Matrix

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS

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Preguntas frecuentes

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The official MIME content type for .avif files is "image/avif". Web servers use this header to instruct browsers how to render or process .avif data.