# fiftyone.core.media Sample media utilities. Copyright 2017-2026, Voxel51, Inc.
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**Functions:** | [`get_media_type`](#fiftyone.core.media.get_media_type)(filepath) | Gets the media type for the given filepath. | |---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| **Exceptions:** | [`MediaTypeError`](#fiftyone.core.media.MediaTypeError) | Exception raised when a problem with media types is encountered. | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [`SelectGroupSlicesError`](#fiftyone.core.media.SelectGroupSlicesError)([supported_media_types]) | Exception raised when a grouped collection is passed to a method that expects a primitive media type to be selected. | ### fiftyone.core.media.get_media_type(filepath) Gets the media type for the given filepath. * **Parameters:** **filepath** – a filepath * **Returns:** the media type ### *exception* fiftyone.core.media.MediaTypeError Bases: `TypeError` Exception raised when a problem with media types is encountered. **Methods:** | [`add_note`](#fiftyone.core.media.MediaTypeError.add_note)(object, /) | Exception.add_note(note) -- add a note to the exception | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [`with_traceback`](#fiftyone.core.media.MediaTypeError.with_traceback)(object, /) | Exception.with_traceback(tb) -- set self._\_traceback_\_ to tb and return self. | **Attributes:** | [`args`](#fiftyone.core.media.MediaTypeError.args) | | |------------------------------------------------------|----| #### add_note(object,) Exception.add_note(note) – add a note to the exception #### args #### with_traceback(object,) Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self._\_traceback_\_ to tb and return self. ### *exception* fiftyone.core.media.SelectGroupSlicesError(supported_media_types=None) Bases: `ValueError` Exception raised when a grouped collection is passed to a method that expects a primitive media type to be selected. * **Parameters:** **supported_media_types** (*None*) – an optional media type or iterable of media types that are supported **Methods:** | [`add_note`](#fiftyone.core.media.SelectGroupSlicesError.add_note)(object, /) | Exception.add_note(note) -- add a note to the exception | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [`with_traceback`](#fiftyone.core.media.SelectGroupSlicesError.with_traceback)(object, /) | Exception.with_traceback(tb) -- set self._\_traceback_\_ to tb and return self. | **Attributes:** | [`args`](#fiftyone.core.media.SelectGroupSlicesError.args) | | |--------------------------------------------------------------|----| #### add_note(object,) Exception.add_note(note) – add a note to the exception #### args #### with_traceback(object,) Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self._\_traceback_\_ to tb and return self.