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Signatures
External signatures File extension: omf
Internal signatures
Name Open Media Framework Interchange 2.0 (sig 1)
Description OMF files contain headers version 2.0 'OMFI:OOBJ:ObjClass ', which are variable within the file. The choice to use data from near EOF allows for identification. Version is based on endian, so two bytes are used.
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 65536
Byte order  
Value 4F4D46493A4F4F424A3A4F626A436C617373
Position type Absolute from EOF
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 24
Byte order  
Value A4434DA5486472D7{4}(0200|0002)
Name Open Media Framework Interchange 2.0 (sig 2)
Description OMF files contain headers version 2.0 'OMFI:OOBJ:ObjClass ', which are variable within the file. The choice to use data from near EOF allows for identification. Version is based on endian, so two bytes are used.
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from EOF
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 65536
Byte order  
Value 4F4D46493A4F4F424A3A4F626A436C617373
Position type Absolute from EOF
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 24
Byte order  
Value A4434DA5486472D7{4}(0200|0002)
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