Questions tagged [file-format]
A file format is a particular way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file.
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Who is EmilyMarieDaunt or How to read/reverse engineer Master Clips DCF file
Many years ago, I purchased Masterclips 1,250,000. It is a set of about 14 GB of images split between 28 or so CD's. The included MasterClips browsing software still works, more or less, on a modern ...
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How to tell if an internet video is Flash or HTML5 (or something else if there is such thing)?
I have some problems with Opera and Chromium browsers playing some streams and I want to debug that. But I cannot tell what works and what does not because I cannot tell what format a given stream is ...
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vim "modeline" equivalent for eclipse?
In our project different developers use different editing tools. Some use vim, some use eclipse. The nature of the project requires some files with DOS line endings, some with Unix line endings. It ...
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Playlist file format for video segments
Is there a playlist file format listing segments of files instead of entire files?
For example it would start playing a file jumping straight to 3'12", play it untill 5'42" and switch to the next ...
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GIMP 2.8.16 unable to open ORA files
I'm trying to edit/combine paintings I did in Krita with GIMP. Because GIMP can't open .kra files I saved them as .ora files. However, GIMP is unable to open any .ora files, including ones I made ...
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Identify Mac circa 1993 Word Processing Application
We have some circa 1993 documents we need to access at work, but cannot determine the application used to create them. They were produced on Apple Mac, and the 3 1/2" floppy discs we have contain 3 ...
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How do I get Gimp to save by default in `.xcf.bz2` instead of `.xcf`?
I want to always save my Gimp images as .xcf.bz2 to save disc space, but I have to change it manually to.bz2 each type I save.
Is there way to set to change the default save file format to .xcf.bz2?
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Is Workbook.FileFormat available to the Excel UI (specifically when the file type can't be saved)
As a programmer I eventually located the file type of a .d extension file loaded successfully by Excel 2007 by interrogating Workbook.FileFormat via VBA, but can a normal user determine it is a DBF4 ...
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Convert compressed SWF to AVI (or MPEG etc) via FFmpeg
ffmpeg -i compressed.swf out.avi
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[swf @ 0x10180b000]Compressed SWF format not supported
so I tried
swfcombine -d compressed.swf -o decompressed.swf
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Change line endings and delimiter format (permanently) when saving to CSV from Excel
I'm using Excel on Mac and it's always painful to have to reopen all exported CSVs in another text editor just to change the line endings from "CR" to "LF" and the delimiter from ";" to ","
Is there ...
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How do I detect the format of a file LOCALLY on the command line?
I do not want to upload my private files anywhere.
I do not have any use of anything which guesses the format based on the file extension.
I'm trying to find some sort of utility which is able to let ...
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File-based loop device with writing support and dynamic size
Usually loop device (v-node disk) is based on a file with pre-allocated size (e.g. an image of a floppy drive or ISO disk). The device is then treated as a block device and can be formatted with any ...
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Force LibreOffice to open a PDF in Draw?
I'm trying to edit this PDF with LibreOffice Draw. However, when I open it - I get LibreOffice Writer, with text consisting of the initial octets of the PDF file, i.e.
%PDF-1.6
%����
2 0 obj
<</...
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What database uses "H??X!$L<" ("ndcy"? ) as a Magic Header String?
I'm trying to determine what database Cydia uses for metadata on jailbroken iOS devices. There is no file program available to offer a possible answer.
Here's the head of the cat:
iPad:~/root# cat /...
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How can I read .djvu files on Kindle?
I received some weird science books in .djvu format.
Would like to put them on a Kindle.
Found some obscure software which I can use for that i.e. http://willus.com/k2pdfopt/, but I have no way to ...
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