Re: about file types
Re: about file types
- Subject: Re: about file types
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 16:43:17 -0700
Antonio Inojal wrote:
|Hi, where could I get information on a file type? For example mp3, or
|.aiff files. Say I want to write to those music files. How can I know
|the format? The same for jpg or gif...what are these formats and where
|can one find specification on them
Where you go for the format depends on the particular type of file you're interested in. AIFF is an Apple format; I'd expect it to be documented somewhere on the Apple site. MP3 and JPEG are international standards; I'd go to Google to track them down. The GIF format is covered by a Unisys patent, and is *not* a public standard. (MP3 isn't strictly public, either; there's a license fee attached to using it.) You might also be able to find a book about some of the formats, too; the O'Reilly books are where I'd start checking for that.
Glen Fisher
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