A plugin for file-type that detects audio and video file formats. This plugin helps differentiate between audio and video file types more precisely.

npm install @file-type/av

Here’s how to use this plugin with file-type to detect audio/video formats:

import { fileTypeFromFile } from 'file-type';
import { detectAv } from '@file-type/av';

const fileType = await fileTypeFromFile('example.mka', {
  customDetectors: [detectAv]
});

console.log(JSON.stringify(fileType, null, 2));

• audio/matroska – .mka
• video/matroska – .mkv

• audio/mp4 – .m4a
• video/mp4 – .mp4

• audio/ogg; codecs=opus – .opus (Opus)
• audio/ogg; codecs=speex – .spx (Speex)
• audio/ogg; codecs=vorbis – .ogg (Vorbis)
• video/ogg – .ogv (Theora)

• audio/webm – .webm
• video/webm – .webm

• audio/x-ms-asf – .wma
• video/x-ms-asf – .wmv

Licensed under the MIT License. You are free to use, modify, and distribute this project as needed.