Re: WVE format (was: Re: [xine-devel] Authors)

[Mike M. <mel...@pc...>]

On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Robin KAY wrote:

> The format is apparently used in many Electronic Arts games and goes by the
> extensions ASF[1], MUS[2], WVE[3], TGQ[4], DCT[4], MAD[4], BNK[5], VIV[5] and

	I wager that a number of the formats start with 'FORM', followed
by a file length, followed by sub-type fourcc, right?

> me samples. Their ADPCM isn't IMA based but is something else entirely. The
> decoder currently lives in adpcm.c, should I move it elsewhere if it isn't IMA
> based? I'll put some samples on the web once I've committed the code. There's a

	Oh goodness, no. If it is any variant of ADPCM, it belongs in
adpcm.c. Right now, the file handles 7 different formats, 5 of which are
based on the exact same algorithm. One format is slightly modified and the
remaining format (MS ADPCM) is completely different.

> [2] Multilple streams cocatenated together.
> [5] Multiple streams encapsulated in a bank format.

	If there are movie files concatenated together, I am developing a
command line utility to help users extract files from such archives. Do
you know the resource file format?

	Thanks...
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	-Mike Melanson