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The file does contain an encoding-id - it's the last three or so characters in the filename (alternatively, the first four bytes in the file data).
by a_t48 9y ago
The file does contain an encoding-id - it's the last three or so characters in the filename (alternatively, the first four bytes in the file data).
- amelius 9y agoYes, but the amount of encodings is pretty limited. It's better (imho) to make the encodings free of any viewer or browser. That way, we can more easily handle a large variety of encodings, and different versions of encodings. Anyone could make a new encoder, and create files using them. You can see it as a "democratization" of encodings.
- janwas 9y agoThe FourCC at the beginning is indeed your encoding-id. This is common in file formats (e.g. RIFF). Out of curiosity, how is the 32-bit space insufficient?