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Developer Utility & Media Type Inspection Engine

File MIME Type Checker

Enter any filename or extension to inspect official MIME types, content categories, software compatibility, OS support, and header signatures.

Try example query:
MIME Analysis Result

.heic

Images

High Efficiency Image Container

Extension

.HEIC

MIME Media Type

image/heic

Content Category

Images

Standard Specification

RFC 2397 / ISO/IEC 23008-12

Format Overview & Purpose

Apple iOS camera image format using HEVC compression.

Common Software Applications

Apple PhotosAdobe PhotoshopGIMPCopyTrans HEIC

Operating System Compatibility Matrix

WindowsSupported
macOSSupported
LinuxSupported
AndroidSupported
iOSSupported
Binary Magic Byte Header SignatureHex & ASCII
Hexadecimal Bytes

00 00 00 18 66 74 79 70 68 65 69 63

ASCII String

....ftypheic

Looking for detailed HTTP server code snippets & RFC specs?

View dedicated MIME specification page for image/heic.

Preguntas frecuentes

Respuestas claras a las preguntas más habituales.

A MIME type (also referred to as media type or Content-Type) is an official standard header used on the Internet to indicate the nature and format of a document, file, or byte stream. For example, web browsers rely on image/png to render PNG graphics and application/pdf to open PDF files.