From kde-devel  Sun Nov 13 15:40:21 2005
From: Thorsten Schnebeck <thorsten.schnebeck () gmx ! net>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:40:21 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: need this in KDE mime magic file
Message-Id: <200511131640.21884.thorsten.schnebeck () gmx ! net>
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Am Samstag 12 November 2005 00:30 schrieb Dirk Mueller:
> On Saturday 29 October 2005 17:32, Thorsten Schnebeck wrote:
> > > ... if I come to the same conclusion?
> >
> > Same conclusion? :-)
>
> Hmm, I'm not convinced. Those *are* tiff files after all, no?

So I asked a GURU :-)


> Subject: Re: a simple question :-)
> Date: Sonntag 13 November 2005 14:13
> From: Phil Harvey <phil@physics.queensu.ca>
> To: phil@physics.queensu.ca, thorsten.schnebeck@gmx.net
>
> Hi Thorsten,
>
> It would definitely be better to check the offset first.  If
> the offset is 16 and the "CR\2\0" exists at byte 8, then you
> can be reasonably sure this is a CR2.  The chances of false
> matching a TIFF are essentially zero.  I wouldn't check for
> the 'II' though, because Canon may use big-endiann cameras
> in the future, so I would also allow the corresponding 'MM'
> header in which bytes 4-8 will be in the reverse order.
>
> 	- Phil

Bye

  Thorsten

 
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