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Format

Media Descriptor Sidecar File

Summary

Name
Media Descriptor Sidecar File
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1759
Format type
Dataset
Description
Media Descriptor Sidecar File contains metadata and structural information about the Media Descriptor File. It is found alongside files with the extension .mdf. These files are created from the software Alcohol %120 which was developed by Alcohol Soft.
File extensions
mds
Source
The Royal Danish Library / The Royal Danish Library

Internal signatures

Media Descriptor Sidecar File

Note
BOF; Offset:0; Magic Bytes: 'MEDIA DESCRIPTOR'

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
4D454449412044455343524950544F52
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V108

    Release date
    5 September 2022

    Media Descriptor Sidecar File: Signature researched and samples provided by The Royal Danish Library.

    Media Descriptor Sidecar File: Full entry added. Submitted by The Royal Danish Library.