hachoir.parser module

hachoir.parser is a package of most common file format parsers written for Hachoir framework. Not all parsers are complete, some are very good and other are poor: only parser first level of the tree for example.

A perfect parser have no “raw” field: with a perfect parser you are able to know each bit meaning. Some good (but not perfect ;-)) parsers:

  • Matroska video
  • Microsoft RIFF (AVI video, WAV audio, CDA file)
  • PNG picture
  • TAR and ZIP archive

Parser list

Archive

  • 7zip: Compressed archive in 7z format
  • ace: ACE archive
  • bom_store: Apple bill-of-materials file
  • bzip2: bzip2 archive
  • cab: Microsoft Cabinet archive
  • gzip: gzip archive
  • mar: Microsoft Archive
  • mozilla_ar: Mozilla Archive
  • prs_pak: Parallel Realities Starfighter .pak archive
  • rar: Roshal archive (RAR)
  • rpm: RPM package
  • tar: TAR archive
  • unix_archive: Unix archive
  • zip: ZIP archive
  • zlib: ZLIB Data

Audio

  • aiff: Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF)
  • fasttracker2: FastTracker2 module
  • flac: FLAC audio
  • itunesdb: iPod iTunesDB file
  • midi: MIDI audio
  • mod: Uncompressed amiga module
  • mpeg_audio: MPEG audio version 1, 2, 2.5
  • ptm: PolyTracker module (v1.17)
  • real_audio: Real audio (.ra)
  • s3m: ScreamTracker3 module
  • sun_next_snd: Sun/NeXT audio

Container

  • asn1: Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
  • matroska: Matroska multimedia container
  • ogg: Ogg multimedia container
  • ogg_stream: Ogg logical stream
  • real_media: RealMedia (rm) Container File
  • riff: Microsoft RIFF container
  • swf: Macromedia Flash data

File System

  • ext2: EXT2/EXT3 file system
  • fat12: FAT12 filesystem
  • fat16: FAT16 filesystem
  • fat32: FAT32 filesystem
  • iso9660: ISO 9660 file system
  • linux_swap: Linux swap file
  • msdos_harddrive: MS-DOS hard drive with Master Boot Record (MBR)
  • ntfs: NTFS file system
  • reiserfs: ReiserFS file system

Game

  • blp1: Blizzard Image Format, version 1
  • blp2: Blizzard Image Format, version 2
  • lucasarts_font: LucasArts Font
  • spiderman_video: The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin (Sega CD) FMV video
  • zsnes: ZSNES Save State File (only version 143)

Image

  • bmp: Microsoft bitmap (BMP) picture
  • gif: GIF picture
  • ico: Microsoft Windows icon or cursor
  • jpeg: JPEG picture
  • pcx: PC Paintbrush (PCX) picture
  • png: Portable Network Graphics (PNG) picture
  • psd: Photoshop (PSD) picture
  • targa: Truevision Targa Graphic (TGA)
  • tiff: TIFF picture
  • wmf: Microsoft Windows Metafile (WMF)
  • xcf: Gimp (XCF) picture

Misc

  • 3do: renderdroid 3d model.
  • 3ds: 3D Studio Max model
  • bplist: Apple/NeXT Binary Property List
  • chm: Microsoft’s HTML Help (.chm)
  • dsstore: Mac OS X DS_Store
  • gnomekeyring: Gnome keyring
  • hlp: Microsoft Windows Help (HLP)
  • lnk: Windows Shortcut (.lnk)
  • mapsforge_map: Mapsforge map file
  • mstask: .job ‘at’ file parser from ms windows
  • ole2: Microsoft Office document
  • pcf: X11 Portable Compiled Font (pcf)
  • pdf: Portable Document Format (PDF) document
  • tcpdump: Tcpdump file (network)
  • torrent: Torrent metainfo file
  • ttf: TrueType font

Program

  • elf: ELF Unix/BSD program/library
  • exe: Microsoft Windows Portable Executable
  • java_class: Compiled Java class
  • java_serialized: Serialized Java object
  • macho: Mach-O program/library
  • macho_fat: Mach-O fat program/library
  • nds_file: Nintendo DS game file
  • pifv: EFI Platform Initialization Firmware Volume
  • prc: Palm Resource File
  • python: Compiled Python script (.pyc/.pyo files)

Video

  • asf: Advanced Streaming Format (ASF), used for WMV (video) and WMA (audio)
  • flv: Macromedia Flash video
  • mov: Apple QuickTime movie
  • mpeg_ts: MPEG-2 Transport Stream
  • mpeg_video: MPEG video, version 1 or 2

Total: 91 parsers