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Format

Monkey's Audio File

Summary

Name
Monkey's Audio File
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1086
Format type
Audio
Description
Monkey's Audio is a lossless audio file format created by Matt Ashland.
File extensions
ape
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

Monkey's Audio variant 1

Note
"MAC " {48} Compression level (1000|2000|3000|4000|5000) representing (FAST|NORMAL|HIGH|EXTRA_HIGH|INSANE)

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
4D414320{48}(E803|D007|B80B|A00F|8813)
Endianness
None

Monkey's Audio variant 2

Note
"MAC " {2} Compression level (1000|2000|3000|4000|5000) representing (FAST|NORMAL|HIGH|EXTRA_HIGH|INSANE)

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
4D414320{2}(E803|D007|B80B|A00F|8813)
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V92

    Release date
    20 September 2017

    Monkey's Audio File: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    Monkey's Audio File: Full entry added.