Probably one of the first questions you had about Cumulus was “What kinds of assets does it support?” Plain and simple, Cumulus supports all kinds of assets, in one way or another.
Enhanced support is offered for most popular formats, meaning that Cumulus is aware of them and knows what information to extract from them. Others are supported only to the extent that they can be added to a catalog, assigned to categories, and searched, but no preview or automatic in-depth asset information is available. And in some rare cases, an asset’s record will feature a thumbnail on one platform, but not on another. You can download an overview on Cumulus enhanced format support from Canto’s website.
Cumulus uses what are called filters to help it catalog the contents of an asset. Cumulus tells these filters what information to look for in that asset type so that it can become part of the asset’s record. Cumulus comes with a number of filters that can capture detailed information about particular assets. You can also create your own format support for assets that are not particularly supported.
To see the list of file formats with enhanced support:
1. Select Cumulus / Edit > Preferences.
2. Click Asset Handling Sets.
3. Click Asset Formats. The list of all supported file formats is displayed.
Active formats are indicated by a green marker to the left of the format. Formats that have been deactivated have a red marker to their left.
Formats that are indicated by italics are currently not supported (not installed on the machine you are working on), but are included in the list so they will be activated at that position when the filter is available.
When cataloging, Cumulus starts searching for matching formats at the lowest entry number. It employs the filters in the order in which the formats they support are found. If you are not satisfied with the result of cataloging certain asset types, check the order of the formats (and the filter that support these formats). The format entry that is supported by a filter that best suits your needs may come later in the order than other matching filters.
Use the arrow buttons to the right of the list to change the order of the entries.
NOTE: Record Field Linking If the Read One option in the Record Field Properties is activated for the field link, only the metadata read by the first matching filter will be stored within the record.
If you only want to use a few of the formats on the list for the selected Asset Handling Set, you can disable the others to increase program performance.
Cumulus / 
Edit > Preferences.