File identification software
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* [[MediaInfo]] (cross-platform, open source, [http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en website]): "MediaInfo is a convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files." | * [[MediaInfo]] (cross-platform, open source, [http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en website]): "MediaInfo is a convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files." | ||
* [[PHP PRONOM drip]]: Recognize file formats using PRONOM registry (open source, [http://www.phpclasses.org/package/9095-PHP-Recognize-file-formats-using-PRONOM-registry.html website]) | * [[PHP PRONOM drip]]: Recognize file formats using PRONOM registry (open source, [http://www.phpclasses.org/package/9095-PHP-Recognize-file-formats-using-PRONOM-registry.html website]) | ||
| − | * [[Siegfried]] (signature-based file identification tool) [http://www.itforarchivists.com/siegfried website] [http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/blogs/2014-09-27-siegfried-pronom-based-file-format-identification-tool blog post] | + | * [[Siegfried]] (signature-based file identification tool): [http://www.itforarchivists.com/siegfried website] · [http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/blogs/2014-09-27-siegfried-pronom-based-file-format-identification-tool blog post] · PRONOM:{{PRONOM|fmt/883}} |
* [[TrID]] (Windows/Linux, free for non-commercial use, [http://mark0.net/soft-trid-e.html website]): identifies files using a database of filetype signatures. Also has an [http://mark0.net/onlinetrid.aspx online version]. | * [[TrID]] (Windows/Linux, free for non-commercial use, [http://mark0.net/soft-trid-e.html website]): identifies files using a database of filetype signatures. Also has an [http://mark0.net/onlinetrid.aspx online version]. | ||
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Software that automates the process of Identifying Files.
- Apache Tika (cross-platform, open source, website): "The Apache Tika™ toolkit detects and extracts metadata and structured text content from various documents using existing parser libraries." Written in Java.
- DROID (cross-platform, open source, website): "DROID is a software tool developed by The National Archives [of the United Kingdom] to perform automated batch identification of file formats." Requires Java 7 or 8 (Version 6.1.5).
- FIDO (cross-platform, open source) website: Format Identification for Digital Objects, written in Python.
- FIDOO (web-based online file identification): website
- File command (various implementations): a standard Unix command, found on almost all Unix and Unix-like (i.e., Linux) systems. See the Debian man page for an overview, and this guide to creating "magic" entries for it.
- File Information Tool Set: software from the Harvard University library to identify file formats and extract metadata
- FI Tools (Windows, commercial, website)
- G-Spot (Windows, freeware, website): Identifies audio and video codecs need to play a media file.
- JHOVE (tool to classify/identify/validate file formats)
- Konvertor (tool to display and convert between 4000+ different formats, freeware website)
- MediaInfo (cross-platform, open source, website): "MediaInfo is a convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files."
- PHP PRONOM drip: Recognize file formats using PRONOM registry (open source, website)
- Siegfried (signature-based file identification tool): website · blog post · PRONOM:fmt/883
- TrID (Windows/Linux, free for non-commercial use, website): identifies files using a database of filetype signatures. Also has an online version.
