Supported Barcode Types

Media Server can read the following types of barcode:

  • Codabar
  • Code-128
  • Code-39
  • Code-93
  • Datalogic 2/5
  • Data Matrix
  • EAN-13 (including optional EAN-2 or EAN-5 supplement)
  • EAN-8 (including optional EAN-2 or EAN-5 supplement)
  • I25
  • IATA 2/5
  • Industrial 2/5
  • Matrix 2/5
  • Patch Code
  • PDF417
  • QR
  • UPC-A (including optional EAN-2 or EAN-5 supplement)
  • UPC-E (including optional EAN-2 or EAN-5 supplement)

NOTE: Some types of barcode are a subset of other types.

  • UPC-A is a subset of EAN-13. If you configure Media Server to detect EAN-13 barcodes, Media Server returns all EAN-13 barcodes including UPC-A.
  • ISBN barcodes are a subset of EAN-13 that begin with 978 or 979, so you can detect ISBN barcodes by configuring Media Server to detect EAN-13 barcodes, but Media Server will also return EAN-13 barcodes than are not in the ISBN range.
  • GS1-128 barcodes (sometimes known as UCC/EAN-128) are a subset of Code-128 barcodes, so you can detect these using the Code-128 type.