Re: [CsMain] file format detection

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>Does anyone know why the sound and graphics loaders try to recognize the
>file format by the contents of the file, not the extension? There may be
>formats that cannot be identified by this, so I would change it if possible.

It's a common way to do it, especially in the Unix land.  Both methods
have their drawbacks though.  For example ".rpm" is both a package manager
format and a real player format.

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Brian