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Format

Shorten (codec)

Summary

Name
Shorten (codec)
Identifiers
  • Library of Congress Format Description Identifier: fdd000199
  • PUID: fmt/1961
  • Wikidata QID Identifier: Q597450
Description
Shorten is a file format used for compressing audio data.It is used to compress audio files losslessly. One of the first open source lossless compressors, it was created in 1993 by Tony Robinson.
Note
https://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Shorten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorten_(codec) https://web.archive.org/web/20180904214941/http://www.etree.org/shncom.html https://github.com/digital-preservation/PRONOM_Research/tree/main/Submissions/Shorten
File extensions
shn
Source
Brigham Young University / Brigham Young University
Developed by
Tony Robinson / Tony Robinson

Internal signatures

Shorten (codec)

Note
BOF, Offset:0, magic bytes: 'ajkg'

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
616A6B67
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V118

    Release date
    30 April 2024

    Shorten (codec): Signature researched and samples provided by Brigham Young University.

    Shorten (codec): Full entry added. Submitted by Brigham Young University.