Format
DirectMusic Style File Format
Summary
- Name
- DirectMusic Style File Format
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/958
- Format type
- Audio
- Description
- The DirectMusic Style is a file format created by Microsoft. STY files contain melody pattern information. STY files are used by the DirectMusic Segment format and they cannot be played directly.
- File extensions
-
sty - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
- Developed by
- Microsoft Corporation
- Supported by
- Microsoft Corporation
Relationships
- Has priority over
Internal signatures
DirectMusic Style File Format
- Description
- BOF: RIFF{4}DMST Format description: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms900527.aspx
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
52494646{4}444D5354- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V114
- Release date
- 22 August 2023
-
Updated
DirectMusic Style 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
-
Added format
DirectMusic Style File Format: Full entry added.
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Added signature
DirectMusic Style File Format: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.