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I’m always a fan of anything that helps people understand the contents of the binary files that are slung about the Internet. I realize you mentioned you decid
by MontagFTB 5y ago
I’m always a fan of anything that helps people understand the contents of the binary files that are slung about the Internet.
I realize you mentioned you decided not to parse any metadata found in the file. However, metadata can be such a window into the file, I’d really encourage you to extend the site to accommodate it.
- nayuki 5y agoThanks, I agree with having accessible tools to dissect binary file formats. I'm not sure what you mean by "decided not to parse any metadata", care to elaborate? I implemented the parsing of almost all native PNG metadata chunks because they're concisely described in the official specification. I currently don't parse iCCP or eXIf because they will require reading more long external specifications. I don't parse IDAT (but might soon) because decompressing all the image data could use enough CPU time to have a perceptible lag.
- MontagFTB 5y agoI was thinking specifically of Exif and XMP.