Waveform Archiver

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'''Waveform Archiver''' ('''WA''', informally called '''WavArc''') is a specialized archive utility for DOS, and its associated file format. It was developed by Dennis Lee.
  
* Short blurb about WavArc, with download of it: [http://www.firstpr.com.au/audiocomp/lossless/wavarc/0readme.html]
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It only compresses a certain class of [[WAV]] file. Other files types are supported but not compressed.
** Download: [http://www.firstpr.com.au/audiocomp/lossless/wavarc/wavarc11.zip http://www.firstpr.com.au/audiocomp/lossless/wavarc/wavarc11.zip]
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* Page on Really Rare Wares: [http://web.archive.org/web/20090414130616/http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/wavarc.html http://web.archive.org/web/20090414130616/http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/wavarc.html]
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== File structure ==
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A WA file seems to be structured as a sequence of "member files", each of which begins with these fields:
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(1 byte) Length of filename field
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(variable size) Filename
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(1 byte) Unknown, observed to be 0x00
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(4 bytes) A [[FourCC]]-like identifier for the compression level.
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  The following IDs are used:
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    0CPY
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    1DIF
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    2SLP
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    3NLP
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    4ALP
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    5ELP
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== Identification ==
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WA files have no signature. Identification could be done by checking for one of the compression IDs at offset {2 + {the value of the byte at offset 0}<nowiki>}</nowiki>.
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== Software ==
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* {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel0101/simtel/arcers/wavarc10.zip|WA v1.0}}
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* [{{SACFTPURL|pack|wavarc11.zip}} WA v1.1]
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== Links ==
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* [https://www.firstpr.com.au/audiocomp/lossless/wavarc/0readme.html Short blurb about WavArc]
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* [https://www.rarewares.org/rrw/wavarc.php Page on Really Rare Wares]
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[[Category:Archiving]]
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[[Category:Recompression]]

Latest revision as of 13:41, 21 May 2021

File Format
Name Waveform Archiver
Ontology
Extension(s) .wa
Released 1994 (beta), 1997 (v1.0)

Waveform Archiver (WA, informally called WavArc) is a specialized archive utility for DOS, and its associated file format. It was developed by Dennis Lee.

It only compresses a certain class of WAV file. Other files types are supported but not compressed.

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[edit] File structure

A WA file seems to be structured as a sequence of "member files", each of which begins with these fields:

(1 byte) Length of filename field
(variable size) Filename
(1 byte) Unknown, observed to be 0x00
(4 bytes) A FourCC-like identifier for the compression level.
  The following IDs are used:
    0CPY
    1DIF
    2SLP
    3NLP
    4ALP
    5ELP

[edit] Identification

WA files have no signature. Identification could be done by checking for one of the compression IDs at offset {2 + {the value of the byte at offset 0}}.

[edit] Software

[edit] Links

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