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| | * .DIR = Director file (holds an editable project) | | * .DIR = Director file (holds an editable project) |
| − | * .DXR = Protected (compiled & read-only) Director file; most commonly seen on published CD-ROMs. (.DRX extension has also been seen) | + | * .DXR = Protected (compiled |
| − | * .DCR = Shockwave (protected & compressed) version of DIR; the normal format for distribution of Shockwave content over the Internet.
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| − | === Cast Formats ===
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| − | One major element of Shockwave is "cast members", objects that can have scripts and other resources attached to them. These can be bundled together into a "cast" file for modularity.
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| − | File extensions:
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| − | * .CST = Editable Director cast
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| − | * .CXT = Protected (compiled & read-only) Director cast
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| − | * .CCT = Shockwave (protected & compressed) cast; to be loaded after a reference by (presumably) a DCR file
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| − | Sources: [https://web.archive.org/web/2021/https://helpx.adobe.com/director/kb/common-questions-director.html] [https://forum.ragezone.com/f338/help-extracting-cct-files-280268/] [https://help.adobe.com/archive/en_US/director/UsingScripting/director_reference.pdf]
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| − | == Software ==
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| − | * http://aluigi.org/papers/bms/shockwave.bms - (direct download) A script for QuickBMS roughly describing how to apply decompression to a DCR file.
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| − | * [https://github.com/tomysshadow/Movie-Restorer-Xtra Movie-Restorer-Xtra] - "allows Director to open and save Protected and Compressed Movie Files"
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| − | * [https://github.com/n0samu/DirectorCastRipper Director Cast Ripper] - Exports assets and information from Director movies and casts
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| − | * [https://archive.org/details/recover_cct Recover-CCT] - "recovers" protected movie and cast files
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| − | * [https://github.com/System25/drxtract drxextract] - "Script to extract contents from Macromedia Director 4.0 and 5.0 DRX files... [a]lso can extract contents from 'updated' Macromedia Director DRI files"
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| − | * [https://github.com/renaldobf/D4Player D4Player] - Open-source player for Shockwave 4 files
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| − | * [https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm ScummVM] - Open-source player for early Director movies. [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Director See their wiki for compatibility information].
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| − | * [https://web.archive.org/web/2021/https://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer/shwv_distribution3.html Adobe Shockwave Player installers for Windows & Mac OS X]
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| − | * [https://archive.org/details/ProjectorSkeletonForAdobeDirector12.0.0.111 Standalone Director players for Windows]
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| − | * [https://archive.org/details/dirOpener300-850-1-PC dirOpener] - Removes the protection from CXT/DXR/DCR files yielding readable files
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| − | == Sample files ==
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| − | * [https://archive.org/details/SfantaScripturabor2001EditieJubiliara Sfanta Scriptura (BOR 2001, editie jubiliara)]
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| − | * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/macromediaDirector/
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| − | * [https://archive.org/details/CREATOR_201808 Director, CXT and [[SWA]] samples]
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| − | == Links ==
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| − | * [[Wikipedia:Adobe Shockwave]]
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| − | * [[Wikipedia:Adobe Director]]
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| − | * [[Wikipedia:Adobe Shockwave Player]]
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| − | * [https://web.archive.org/web/2021/https://helpx.adobe.com/shockwave/kb/xtras-installed-shockwave-player.html Xtras installed with Adobe Shockwave Player] - Adobe's list of default extras installed with shockwave
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| − | * [https://github.com/eriksoe/Schockabsorber Schockabsorber] - Has some very rudimentary reverse engineering of the Director format.
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| − | * [https://gist.github.com/TheCjw/b21d82dfe43107c58a6f Adobe Shockwave - A case study on memory disclosure] - This contains some useful specifics on the format, specifically for the purposes of building a security exploit.
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| − | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20220310020731/https://zenhax.com/viewtopic.php?t=252 Shockwave .DCR - ZenHAX (Archive.org)] - A thread on a game reverse engineering forum discussing the DCR format
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| − | * [https://nosamu.medium.com/a-tour-of-the-adobe-director-file-format-e375d1e063c0 A Tour of the Adobe Director File Format]
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| − | == See Also ==
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| − | * [[Lingo bytecode]], used in compiled Shockwave files
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| − | == Editors' notes ==
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| − | The [[PRONOM]] database claims that the PC version of Director creates files that begin with "RIFX" (i.e. big-endian), and the Macintosh version creates files that begin with "XFIR" (little-endian). This is backwards.
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| − | [[Category:RIFF based file formats]]
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| − | [[Category:Document]]
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| − | [[Category:Video]]
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| − | [[Category:Web]]
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| − | [[Category:Adobe]]
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It might be that the DCR files don't work as valid RIFX files due to DEFLATE compression being used on some sections of the file using an undetermined scheme. Presumably a correct application of INFLATE would yield a valid file. An old oreilly[2] book reveals that this compression and decompression step used to be done by a Director Xtra plugin called "afterburner" before it was a built in feature. Afterburner is available on some Mac abandonware sites.
Shockwave also has a plugin system called "xtras" which may complicate the correct interpretation of some files in the future.
