Blip media upload policy

Last update: September 2020

Introduction

On the aspects of uploading and handling files within Blip, three new features were recently released, related to:

• virus scanning;
• validation of media types;
• maximum file size.

Virus scanning

When sending a file, the user has the name checked and, using ClamAv, a check is made for the presence of any virus, trojan or malware.

Validation of media types

The files supported by Blip are listed below:

• audio/aac
• audio/midi
• audio/mp3
• audio/mp4
• audio/mpeg
• audio/wav
• audio/ogg
• audio/wma
• audio/webm
• audio/opus
• audio/x-aac
• image/gif
• image/jpeg
• image/jpg
• image/jfif
• image/png
• image/svg+xml
• image/tiff
• image/vnd.dwg
• image/webp
• video/3gpp
• video/avi
• video/mpeg
• video/mpg
• video/mp4
• video/mov
• video/m4v
• video/wmv
• video/webm
• video/ogg
• application/pdf
• application/vnd.ms-excel
• application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
• application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template
• application/msword
• application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
• application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template
• application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
• application/vnd.ms-outlook
• application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation
• application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.template
• application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow
• application/zip
• application/x-zip-compressed
• application/x-rar-compressed
• text/csv
• text/html
• text/plain

Maximum file size

The maximum file size accepted by the Blip platform is 20 MB.