Video Extensions

Check if a file or extension is a video type, and iterate over 36 known video file formats including mp4, mov, avi, mkv, and more. Python port of video-extensions npm package.

Features

• Immutable collection of 36 known video file extensions
• Fast membership checks using frozenset
• Case-insensitive and dot-aware checks
• Works for both extensions and full file paths
• Supports dotfiles (e.g., .mov)
• Zero dependencies, minimal overhead

Installation

pip install video-extensions

Or using uv:

uv add video-extensions

Usage

Check if an extension is a video type

from video_extensions import is_video_extension

is_video_extension("mp4")      # True
is_video_extension(".mov")     # True (dot-aware)
is_video_extension("AVI")      # True (case-insensitive)
is_video_extension("txt")      # False

Check if a file path has a video extension

from video_extensions import is_video_path

is_video_path("movie.mp4")                    # True
is_video_path("/path/to/video.MOV")           # True (case-insensitive)
is_video_path("presentation.avi")             # True
is_video_path("document.txt")                 # False
is_video_path(".mov")                         # True (dotfile support)

Access the list of video extensions

from video_extensions import VIDEO_EXTENSIONS, VIDEO_EXTENSIONS_LOWER

# VIDEO_EXTENSIONS is a frozenset of all known video extensions
print(len(VIDEO_EXTENSIONS))  # 36
"mp4" in VIDEO_EXTENSIONS     # True
"txt" in VIDEO_EXTENSIONS     # False

# VIDEO_EXTENSIONS_LOWER contains all extensions in lowercase
# Useful for case-insensitive lookups without calling .lower() repeatedly
"MP4" in VIDEO_EXTENSIONS_LOWER  # True (case-insensitive)

# Iterate over all extensions
for ext in sorted(VIDEO_EXTENSIONS):
    print(ext)

Supported Extensions

The package includes support for 36 video file extensions:

• Common formats: mp4, mov, avi, mkv, webm, flv, wmv, mpg, mpeg
• Streaming: m3u8, m4v, m4p, ogv, ogg
• Professional: mxf, drc, aaf, roq
• Legacy: 3gp, 3g2, asf, vob, rm, rmvb, qt
• Specialized: avchd, m2v, mp2, mpe, mpv, mng, nsv, svi, yuv, wmv

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our Contributing Guide for details on our code of conduct, development setup, and the process for submitting pull requests.

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Credits

This package is a Python port of the video-extensions npm package by Sindre Sorhus.

License

MIT © Y. Siva Sai Krishna - see LICENSE for details.

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