Format
DirectMusic Segment File Format
Summary
- Name
- DirectMusic Segment File Format
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/957
- Format type
- Audio
- Description
- The DirectMusic Segment is a file format created by Microsoft. The files can be played with DirectMusic API using a Microsoft Software Synthesizer or any installed MIDI output device. DirectMusic provides DLS support, and SGT files often accompany sound banks. SGT files contain playing order and track information. Segment files always come with DirectMusic Style files, which contain all required melody pattern information.
- File extensions
-
sgt - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
- Developed by
- Microsoft Corporation
- Supported by
- Microsoft Corporation
Relationships
- Has priority over
Internal signatures
DirectMusic Segment File Format
- Description
- BOF: RIFF{4}DMSG Format description: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms900322.aspx
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
52494646{4}444D5347- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V114
- Release date
- 22 August 2023
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Updated
DirectMusic Segment File Format: Added priority over fmt/1886. Submitted by New York Public Libraries and Preservica.
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V88
- Release date
- 27 September 2016
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Added format
DirectMusic Segment File Format: Full entry added.
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Added signature
DirectMusic Segment File Format: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.