What is a TPI file?
A .TPI file is a file extension with multiple possible uses. The most common use is a Touch Portal Icon Pack. Users utilize Touch Portal to control software and hardware, and .TPI files add custom icons to the interface. These specific .TPI files are standard ZIP archives that contain image files and configuration data.
Another frequent use is the EDIUS Plugin File. Originally associated with Thomson and now used by Grass Valley EDIUS or TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works, these files add features to video editing software. In these cases, the .TPI file is often a standard Windows executable (EXE) or library file.
Other software also uses the .TPI extension. It can be a texture file for Football Manager, a BACnet Conformance Statement document from BACnet International, a game data package from NetDragon, or a processed image format from Topaz Labs.
How to open TPI files?
Because a .TPI file can have many different formats, you must know its origin to open it correctly. If you know the file is a Touch Portal Icon Pack, you can import it directly into the Touch Portal software. Alternatively, you can rename the file extension from .TPI to .ZIP and extract the images using command-line tools or archive software like 7-Zip.
If the file is an EDIUS Plugin File, you must place it in the designated plugin folder for your video editing software. Do not run unknown plugin files directly, as they contain executable code.
Best practices and troubleshooting
Do not guess the format of a .TPI file. If you receive a .TPI file and do not know what software created it, opening it locally can be difficult and sometimes unsafe.
Because .TPI has multiple possible meanings, we recommend using viewer.online/tpi to identify the actual format of the user's file. viewer.online/tpi analyzes .TPI files to identify their exact format and creator software, shows which programs can open the file, and usually previews it.
Summary
Because .TPI files use the known ZIP format, viewer.online/tpi can safely open and display them online, eliminating compatibility problems.