Hacking the DROID Signature File for Characterization

Identification of a format can be approached from many angles. Often a magic

number will be used at the beginning of a file. This may be strengthened by the addition of similarly consistent bytes at the end of a file or indeed any part of the bitstream inbetween. Using the sample file format we created last week the magic number to identify it is specified

New logo?

Working on Tldraw identification from @Thorsted

https://coptr.digipres.org/JSONID

http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Tldraw

#digipres #JSONID #JSON #StructuredText #Data #FileFormats

I got into an almost-argument and I need advice and/or guidance from you dorks (affectionate).

Some doop on Reddit says he rips his CDs into flac files. I said the only thing that flacs increase in this regard is file size; not quality. He insists they sound better as flacs.

So, I ripped two CDs on my l33t h8xor Linux PC. 192kbps mp3s, and flacs. I genuinely could not tell the difference on any of my headphones, including the planar magnetic supernerd audiogasm cans. And I mean it: Zero difference.

Have I fallen into confirmation bias, or is there a real difference?

#AskFedi #Audiophile #FileFormats

Do you think custom text file formats are a good idea? or should we just always use JSON/YAML/TOML?

#programming #plaintext #fileformats

New blog post on The Signal because who doesn't want new/updated format descriptions for the holidays! New entries for APNG and YAML (rhymes with camel and you are welcome for that knowledge drop) and some updates for MXF, PNG and PDF variants (incl PDF/A-4e and PDF/A-4f). #digipres #fileformats

https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2025/12/file-format-flair/?loclr=eadpb

✨Bringing light to #FileFormats ✨

Tough on the outside with food for thought inside!
File formats reveal a lot about the different meanings of an object.
CPP-008 and CPP-010 help you uncover them through #FileFormatIdentification and #FileFormatValidation:
http://tiny.cc/cpp-desc

#EOSCEDEN #CPPs #digitalpreservation #FAIRdata

Guidelines for the design of #fileformats by @tajpulo
https://lukas-prokop.at/articles/2025-08-05-guidelines-for-design-of-fileformats

#standards #guideline #informationarchitecture

Peeking Inside Gigantic Zips with Only Kilobytes

https://ritiksahni.com/blog/peeking-inside-gigantic-zips-with-only-kilobytes/

#HackerNews #Peeking #Inside #Gigantic #Zips #with #Only #Kilobytes #datacompression #fileformats #technology #programming #HackerNews