Technical MIME Specification & Web Server Guide

application/x-mpeg

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

File Extension

.mpeg

Content-Type Header

application/x-mpeg

Format Category

General Files

Standard Specification

IANA Registered Standard

Description & Usage

Binary or text file format identified by extension .mpeg

HTTP Server Content-Type Configuration Code

# Nginx mime.types configuration for .mpeg
types {
    application/x-mpeg    mpeg;
}

OS Compatibility Matrix

Windows

macOS

Linux

Android

iOS

Want to test header signatures or binary files?

Run binary magic byte inspection in Magic Byte Detector.

Frequently Asked Questions

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