BMF (Dmitry Shkarin)
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| − | '''BMF''' is an image compression format produced by a program of the same name, written by Dmitry Shkarin. The first version was apparently released in 1998 | + | '''BMF''' is an image compression format produced by a program of the same name, written by Dmitry Shkarin. The first version was apparently released in 1998<ref name="date" />. It offers lossless and lossy (called "near-lossless") compression modes. There was a "version 2" released in 2009. A cryptic remark by Shkarin that "BMF v.2.0 does not exist, there are only separate codecs for it"<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150424050022/http://encode.ru/threads/1031-bruteCM-compressor#post20041</ref> may indicate that version 2 is something comparable to a container format for image files; however, the format is proprietary, so this cannot be verified. |
BMF was never in wide use, and is best described as a hobbyist format. | BMF was never in wide use, and is best described as a hobbyist format. | ||
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| + | == Identification == | ||
| + | BMF files apparently start with bytes {{magic|0x81 0x8a}}. | ||
== Software == | == Software == | ||
* [http://compression.ru/ds/ List of versions] (Russian) | * [http://compression.ru/ds/ List of versions] (Russian) | ||
* [http://www.manmrk.net/tutorials/compress/downloads/bmf_050b.zip Version 0.50, older archive] | * [http://www.manmrk.net/tutorials/compress/downloads/bmf_050b.zip Version 0.50, older archive] | ||
| + | * [[XnView]] (v1.x only?) | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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Revision as of 15:57, 2 December 2019
BMF is an image compression format produced by a program of the same name, written by Dmitry Shkarin. The first version was apparently released in 1998[1]. It offers lossless and lossy (called "near-lossless") compression modes. There was a "version 2" released in 2009. A cryptic remark by Shkarin that "BMF v.2.0 does not exist, there are only separate codecs for it"[2] may indicate that version 2 is something comparable to a container format for image files; however, the format is proprietary, so this cannot be verified.
BMF was never in wide use, and is best described as a hobbyist format.
Contents |
Identification
BMF files apparently start with bytes 0x81 0x8a.
Software
- List of versions (Russian)
- Version 0.50, older archive
- XnView (v1.x only?)
