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File format of encrypted file
I am interested in understanding the format of the encrypted files produced by the application Data Guardian.
From what I can tell some sort of transformation of the password is stored in the field ...
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Can MP4s be 480p?
If I’m not mistaken, as a container format, MP4 videos should be able to contain videos that are 480p. Also, from what I am able to find, the MPEG-4 video format does not have a limitation that ...
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Lightweight source code beautifier [closed]
I am looking for a lightweight PHP prettyprint (beautification) tool. In Netbeans, I can Right-click and select Format to format source code. Is there a text editor with the same capability?
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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 ...
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What are the .efires files on OS X Lion's Recovery HD?
If you mount the Recovery HD that enables OS X Lion File Vault 2, Safari mode, and certain recovery options, you see several .efires files. What format are those and what do they contain?
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How to “clean” a PSD file before publishing?
I want to upload .psd (Photoshop CS5) files to a subversion repository, and since the format seems so... comprehensive (or maybe just bloated and convoluted), I'd like to just publish the core of the ...
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Program to dump ID3 tag structure
Is there a program that would dump the complete structure of ID3v2 tags?
Not just the frame names and values, but full information such as frame order, text encoding, description encoding (for TXXX ...
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Where is synchronization information stored in container formats?
Multiple audio streams, video streams and subtitles are stored in one container. These are played back together.
Where is the synchronization information stored in the container format? In meta-data ...
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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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Preview CR2 (raw photo format) in Windows XP
How can I have thumbnails for Canon RAW (*.CR2) photos in Windows XP Explorer?
Which codec do I have to install?
(BTW, is there any nice tool to convert them to JPG? e.g. context menu on image or ...
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How to save in an Adobe Illustrator or Corel compatible format from Fireworks
I have the original image in fireworks.
I have been asked to send a vectorized image that will be opened either from Adobe Illustrator or Corel.
Any of the two will work.
So my questions is, are ...
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Which file formats can be played slower (or faster) than normal in Windows Media Player?
Some file formats (or some files that are coded used some codecs) can be played in Windows Media Player "slow" or "fast". I can enable this by right clicking on the movie while watching, clicking ...
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What markup language is this? (ca. 1991)
I am preserving a manuscript written by my father. The data files are on 5.25" floppy. I have successfully read the files off the disks, but neither of us knows what format the markup language is. It ...
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What is the significance of a postscript document?
I have seen many people linking postscript versions of their resume along with the pdf versions.
What purpose does it serve?
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Are you allowed to come up with ANY desired file extension? (for Unix, Linux, Windows)
I want to create a file called "message" that contains text only. How does the system know what program to use to read it if I decide to call it:
message.txt?
message.dat?
message.enc?
message.cpz?
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How can I make Excel NOT ask about saving to a specific file format?
We have a VBScript called from desktops that writes start / end times to a tab delimited file (with an .xls extension) as a timelog.
When someone opens this file in Excel, and then wants to close 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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what are .md files (Linux)?
I often see files with .md extension. I usually open them with text editor like gedit and I can read them just fine.
So - why do they use .md files and not say .txt files?
can somebody explain how ...
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How can I tell what version of the dBASE format a .dbf file is?
I have a variety of dbf files I am currently working with and it would be helpful for me to know the exact version of the dBASE format they are in, e.g. dBASE III, IV, 5.0, etc.
Is there a way to ...
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How do you save an Excel document as a Word document?
I was hoping someone could tell me how to save a Microsoft Office Excel document to the Microsoft Office Word document format?
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I'm looking to save an irregular-shaped image - what is/are most popular formats supporting irregular images?
I have an irregular shaped picture I'd like to save, in a format which allows the irregular shape to be preserved. Which image formats should I look at, which will support the irregular shape so I ...
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What type of file has a number as the file extension?
https://github.com/anatol/tup/blob/master/tup.1
It seems barely readable, what editor do I need for this?
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Excel version confusion
I got an Excel file, actually it's a zip file which contains many folders and files including sheets in XML format. When I try to open it, Excel 2003 says "The file is not in a recognizable format"
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Which file format starts with 0xAD 0xE1?
A friend of mine has a collection of .jpg that cannot be opened because they start with 0xAD 0xE1 (so says GIMP).
Any idea which file format these may be?
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True difference between Excel CSV and Standard CSV
What is the true difference between an Excel CSV and a standard CSV?
For example, when handling columns with line breaks inside one cell, how do they encode it differently?
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What is a Codec (e.g. DivX?), and how does it differ from a File Format (e.g. MPG)?
I'm so confused... what is the difference between an audio/video codec (which apparently is a shorthand for "encoder/decoder", kind of like how "modem" is really "modulator/demodulator") and an ...
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Is there a utility which do retrieve file format information?
There is a file utility in linux.
The users can get file format information by file.
I'd like to use this program in my application.
Is there a Windows utility? Open source is better.
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How can I view Mac OS X Parental Control files with format .data?
OS X stores Parental Control logs in /Library/Application Support/Apple/ParentalControls/Users/[username]/year/month with the extension .data.
For example, 15-usage.data contains usage data for the ...
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Is there any free way to convert 3DS Max (*.max) to *.3ds or *.obj?
I found many nice free 3D objects on the web - for example on 3DXtras.com.
However, some of them are only in *.max format.
Is there any free way to convert at least the basic structure to some more ...
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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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Which image file format supports layers is compatible with both Photoshop and Photoimpact?
I have a PSD file I'd like somebody to change some things. However, this guy only has PhotoImpact so he cannot open PSD files.
I'm looking for a format to save that file so he can open it in ...
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Save Raw Image Data As Image
So, being the curious person that I am, I opened a PNG image in Notepad. I got this:
‰PNG
IHDR ‰
sRGB ®Îé gAMA ±üa pHYs à ÃÇo¨d ...
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Image formats that support layers
I am relatively new to the concept of layers in image editing software. If I understand correctly, some image/file formats such as Paint.NET's .pdn or Photoshop's .psd support layers, but others such ...
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Convert compressed swf to avi (or mpeg etc) via command-line
ffmpeg -i compressed.swf out.avi
gives the error
[swf @ 0x10180b000]Compressed SWF format not supported
so I tried
swfcombine -d compressed.swf -o decompressed.swf
ffmpeg -i decompressed.swf ...
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Archiving large folders
I'd like to create a (compressed) archive of a folder which contains ~350,000 items totalling ~17 GB.
Is .tar.gz a sane format to use, or would .zip, .rar, or .7z work better for handling that much ...
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Why are camera files typically prefixed “DSCN” or something similar?
I've noticed that files from my digital camera are always saved on the SD card as DSCN####.JPG. Some other cameras also save with this naming scheme, but others yet save with the prefix DSC, and ...
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How is the length of media files determined? Do they use tags?
Do all of these media files: .mov, .mpg, .mp4, .ts, and .vob, have a tag that indicates play length? If not all, which ones? And can they be read by any machine?
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Covert SWF animations to movie files on Linux
Is there any Linux tool that will take a SWF file and output some kind of video format? Note that I don't want a tool which will re-encode an embedded FLV or MP4, I want to take a standard Flash ...
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Concerns with compressing sensitive data in OSX
I have some really sensitive data that I am trying to compress and back up so I can reformat. It's absolutely imperative that nothing happens to these files. I'm a developer so I have very little ...
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How can I see what the format of my textfile is?
I have a textfile and I want to know whether it is Ascii or UTF-8 or something else.
How can I see this?
Any tool or website that I can use?
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Is there extensible structured file analyzer, like network analysis tools?
There are many network analysis tools like Wireshark, Sniffer Pro, Omnipeak which can dump the packet data in structured manner. I'm just writing my own file analyzer for general purpose, which can ...
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Is it possible to play a .wax file in Mac Os X?
I'm trying to build a listening quiz for some of my students and I found a great site with lots of possible activities for them. But the files are in .wax format. Is there any way I can get these ...
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What app converts .tpi to bmp?
As the title says, I'm looking for an app to convert my batch of 1000s .tpi's into .bmp.
Any suggestions? Preferably opensource/freeware!
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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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Suggestions for archiving CD-Audio discs in a single file
I'm looking for suggestions as to how to archive CD-Audio discs (i.e. Red Book CDs with PCM audio tracks, like the ones you buy in a record shop, or like iTunes would generate if you chose Audio CD).
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Unknown file format, need to open!
A friend recently handed me an old disc which should contain digitized old family photographs. The problem is, the disc was created by a photographer who scanned the photos back in 2003, and has since ...
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How to search files with a given extension on the web? [closed]
I need to search examples of a certain file type in Internet in order to try some piece of software. Is there any option in Google, or any other web app, which allows to search based on their ...
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Why does burning a CD ISO image to DVD work?
Following on from this question:
Can I burn a CD ISO to DVD?
How/why does this work?
Is an ISO image a physical media neutral format?
