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Format

Sony OpenMG Audio

Summary

Name
Sony OpenMG Audio
Identifiers
  • MIME: audio/ATRAC-ADVANCED-LOSSLESS
  • PUID: fmt/2018
Format type
Audio
Description
Sony OpenMG Audio files, often used for Minidisc players. The file, though originally designed for ATRAC3 (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding) audio files, can have different audio codecs such as MP3, ATRAC, ATRAC3, Linear PCM and WAV. These files can have DRM (digital rights management) protection, OpenMG refereing to the DRM system developed by Sony for managing and protecting digital music data on a personal computer. The OpenMG files have extensions of .omg and .oma.
File extensions
oma
Source
University of Melbourne / University of Melbourne
Developed by
Sony / Sony

Internal signatures

Sony Open MG Audio

Note
BOF; Offset: 0; Magic Bytes 'ea3.' followed in 996-3996 bytes by 'EA3'{1}0x0060{2}00000000010F5000

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
656133{3069}454133
Endianness
None

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
{8-16}6F70656E4D47
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V121

    Release date
    24 September 2025

    Sony OpenMG Audio: Amended internal signature 'Sont OpenMG Audio' and added a new internal signature 'Sony Open MG File'. Submitted by Brigham Young University.

    Sony OpenMG Audio: Signature researched and samples provided by Brigham Young University.

  • Added in V120

    Release date
    25 February 2025

    Sony Open MG Audio: Signature researched and samples provided by University of Melbourne.

    Sony Open MG Audio: Full entry added. Submitted by University of Melbourne.