Hi list,
On Sun, 2 Oct 2005 19:55:17 +0200
Frank Barknecht <fbar@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
[..]
> > Additionally, libsndfile support wouldnt be that bad either, so, I am
> > wondering, is there a reliable way to detect a audio streams file
> > format just given some bits of the header?
>
> The "file" command can specify a lot of file formats just from some
> magic bits, see /etc/magic, /usr/share/misc/file/magic and magic(5)
> for this.
Additionally, the "magic" command and its detection abilities are
separated nowadays - at least on my Debian system with "file" version 4.03
you also get the packages "libmagic1" and "libmagic-dev" which allow to
use "file" functionality in any C/C++ program. Try "man 3 libmagic".
Greetings,
Frank
Received on Mon Oct 3 12:15:06 2005
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