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Macromedia Director

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Summary

Name
Macromedia Director
Version
Macintosh
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/x-director
  • PUID: fmt/317
Format type
Presentation
Description
Adobe Director (formerly Macromedia Director) was a multimedia application authoring platform created by Macromedia and managed by Adobe Systems until its discontinuation. Director was the primary editor on the Adobe Shockwave platform.
Format encoding
Text
File extensions
dir, dxr
Submitted by
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Developed by
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Supported by
Adobe Systems Incorporated

Internal signatures

Macromedia Director Macintosh

Description
Header ASCII: XFIR
Provenance
Ongoing DROID research work

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
58464952{4}3339564D70616D691800000001000000
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V96

    Release date
    21 January 2020

    • Updated

      Macromedia Director Macintosh Files: Added brief description and Adobe Director alias. Internal signature changed by removing the last byte from the sequence '2C'. Submitted seperately by J. Paul Getty Trust and National Library of Australia.

  • V46

    Release date
    8 February 2011

    • Added format

      Macromedia Director Macintosh: Outline entry added.

    • Added signature

      Macromedia Director Macintosh: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.