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File Signatures
Well, after some search on the Internet, I've found some information
on the signatures to be used with multimedia files. Caution, all those
strings are case sensitive!! All strings are 4 characters long and
don't include the single quotes I used to make things clear.
Creator
For an undetermined target computer (that is, for a CD-ROM you publish
to undetermined users), one should use QuickTime, that is 'TVOD'. On the
other hand, for sound files, if you are sure that the target computer
has SoundApp, you could use 'SCPL'. If you know that Real Player is on
the target computer, you can use 'Pnst'. Caution, RealPlayer is known
for changing the file type of MP3 files from whatever it is (see
below) to 'PNRA', to prevent other programs to open the MP3 files
afterwards.
File Type
Wave files (PC extension WAV). Macintosh signature 'WAVE' or '.WAV'.
MP3 files (PC extension MP3, but there are also others). Macintosh
signature 'MPEG', 'MP3 ', 'Mp3 ', 'MPG3'. Also seen 'PLAY' and 'SwaT' for MP3 files.
QT Movies (PC extension MOV). Macintosh signature 'MooV'.
Addition to the Signature File
One could therefore add to the signature file used at this time
following lines (to cut and paste in the *.sig file).
MOV,MooVTVOD,QuickTime movie
MP3,MPEGTVOD,MP3 sound file
WAV,WAVETVOD,Wave sound file
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