1. Download
    2. Code example
    3. List of parsers
      1. Archive
      2. Audio
      3. Container
      4. File System
      5. Game
      6. Image
      7. Misc
      8. Program
      9. Video
    4. Supported file extensions
    5. Supported MIME types
    6. TODO
    7. See also
hachoir-parser is a package of most common file format parsers written using hachoir-core. Not all parsers are complete, some are very good and other are poor (they only parse the first level of the tree for example).

See examples (hachoir-urwid screenshots).

A perfect parser has no "raw" field: with a perfect parser you are able to know the meaning of *every* bit. Some good (but not perfect ;-)) parsers:

  • Matroska video
  • Microsoft RIFF (AVI video, WAV audio, CDA file)
  • PNG picture
  • TAR and ZIP archive

hachoir-parser is used by other programs: hachoir-metadata, hachoir-subfile, hachoir-grep, etc.

Download

Code example

See code examples.

List of parsers

Total: 70 parsers

Archive

  • 7zip: Compressed archive in 7z format
  • ace: ACE archive
  • bzip2: bzip2 archive
  • cab: Microsoft Cabinet archive
  • gzip: gzip archive
  • mar: Microsoft Archive
  • rar: Roshal archive (RAR)
  • rpm: RPM package
  • tar: TAR archive
  • unix_archive: Unix archive
  • zip: ZIP archive

Audio

  • aiff: Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF)
  • fasttracker2: FastTracker2 module
  • itunesdb: iPod iTunesDB file
  • midi: MIDI audio
  • mod: Uncompressed amiga module
  • mpeg_audio: MPEG audio version 1, 2, 2.5
  • ptm: PolyTracker module (v1.17)
  • real_audio: Real audio (.ra)
  • s3m: ScreamTracker3 module
  • sun_next_snd: Sun/NeXT audio

Container

  • asn1: Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
  • matroska: Matroska multimedia container
  • ogg: Ogg multimedia container
  • ogg_stream: Ogg logical stream
  • real_media: RealMedia (rm) Container File
  • riff: Microsoft RIFF container
  • swf: Macromedia Flash data

File System

  • ext2: EXT2/EXT3 file system
  • fat12: FAT12 filesystem
  • fat16: FAT16 filesystem
  • fat32: FAT32 filesystem
  • iso9660: ISO 9660 file system
  • linux_swap: Linux swap file
  • msdos_harddrive: MS-DOS hard drive with Master Boot Record (MBR)
  • ntfs: NTFS file system
  • reiserfs: ReiserFS file system

Game

  • lucasarts_font: LucasArts Font
  • spiderman_video: The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin (Sega CD) FMV video
  • zsnes: ZSNES Save State File (only version 143)

Image

  • bmp: Microsoft bitmap (BMP) picture
  • gif: GIF picture
  • ico: Microsoft Windows icon or cursor
  • jpeg: JPEG picture
  • pcx: PC Paintbrush (PCX) picture
  • png: Portable Network Graphics (PNG) picture
  • psd: Photoshop (PSD) picture
  • targa: Truevision Targa Graphic (TGA)
  • tiff: TIFF picture
  • wmf: Microsoft Windows Metafile (WMF)
  • xcf: Gimp (XCF) picture

Misc

  • 3do: renderdroid 3d model.
  • 3ds: 3D Studio Max model
  • chm: Microsoft's HTML Help (.chm)
  • lnk: Windows Shortcut (.lnk)
  • ole2: Microsoft Office document
  • pcf: X11 Portable Compiled Font (pcf)
  • pdf: Portable Document Format (PDF) document
  • tcpdump: Tcpdump file (network)
  • torrent: Torrent metainfo file
  • ttf: TrueType font

Program

  • elf: ELF Unix/BSD program/library
  • exe: Microsoft Windows Portable Executable
  • java_class: Compiled Java class
  • python: Compiled Python script (.pyc/.pyo files)

Video

  • asf: Advanced Streaming Format (ASF), used for WMV (video) and WMA (audio)
  • flv: Macromedia Flash video
  • mov: Apple QuickTime movie
  • mpeg_ts: MPEG-2 Transport Stream
  • mpeg_video: MPEG video, version 1 or 2

Supported file extensions

File extensions: 3do, 3ds, 7z, a, ace, aif, aifc, aiff, ani, apm, asf, au, avi, bin, bmp, bz2, cab, cda, chm, class, cur, deb, der, dll, doc, dot, emf, exe, flv, gif, gz, ico, jar, jpeg, jpg, laf, lnk, m4a, m4b, m4p, m4v, mar, mid, midi, mka, mkv, mod, mov, mp1, mp2, mp3, mp4, mpa, mpe, mpeg, mpg, msi, nst, oct, ocx, odb, odc, odf, odg, odi, odm, odp, ods, odt, ogg, ogm, otg, otp, ots, ott, pcf, pcx, pdf, png, pot, pps, ppt, ppz, psd, ptm, pyc, pyo, qt, ra, rar, rm, rpm, s3m, sd0, snd, so, stc, std, sti, stw, swf, sxc, sxd, sxg, sxi, sxm, sxw, tar, tga, tif, tiff, torrent, ts, ttf, vob, wav, wma, wmf, wmv, wow, xcf, xla, xls, xm, zip, zs1, zs2, zs3, zs4, zs5, zs6, zs7, zs8, zs9, zst.

Total: 135 file extensions.

Supported MIME types

MIME types: application/java-archive, application/java-vm, application/msexcel, application/mspowerpoint, application/msword, application/ogg, application/pdf, application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics-template, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.image, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation-template, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet-template, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-master, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-template, application/vnd.rn-realmedia, application/vnd.sun.xml.calc, application/vnd.sun.xml.calc.template, application/vnd.sun.xml.draw, application/vnd.sun.xml.draw.template, application/vnd.sun.xml.impress, application/vnd.sun.xml.impress.template, application/vnd.sun.xml.math, application/vnd.sun.xml.writer, application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.global, application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.template, application/wmf, application/x-7z-compressed, application/x-ace-compressed, application/x-archive, application/x-bittorrent, application/x-bzip2, application/x-coredump, application/x-debian-package, application/x-dosexec, application/x-dpkg, application/x-executable, application/x-executable-file, application/x-gimp-image, application/x-gtar, application/x-gzip, application/x-jar, application/x-ms-shortcut, application/x-msmetafile, application/x-object, application/x-ogg, application/x-rar-compressed, application/x-rpm, application/x-sharedlib, application/x-shockwave-flash, application/x-tar, application/x-wmf, application/x-zip, application/zip, audio/basic, audio/mime, audio/mod, audio/module-xm, audio/mpeg, audio/ogg, audio/s3m, audio/x-aiff, audio/x-cda, audio/x-matroska, audio/x-mod, audio/x-ms-wma, audio/x-ogg, audio/x-pn-realaudio, audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin, audio/x-real-audio, audio/x-realaudio, audio/x-s3m, audio/x-wav, audio/x-xm, audio/xm, image/gif, image/jpeg, image/photoshop, image/png, image/psd, image/targa, image/tga, image/tiff, image/wmf, image/x-3do, image/x-3ds, image/x-bmp, image/x-emf, image/x-ico, image/x-ms-bmp, image/x-pcx, image/x-photoshop, image/x-png, image/x-tga, image/x-win-metafile, image/x-wmf, image/x-xcf, video/mp2p, video/mpeg, video/ogg, video/quicktime, video/theora, video/x-flv, video/x-matroska, video/x-ms-asf, video/x-ms-wmv, video/x-msvideo, video/x-ogg, video/x-pn-realvideo, video/x-theora.

Total: 116 MIME types.

TODO

#37
Parser: GIF, able to parse image content or at least compute image length
#66
Rewrite ar archive parser
#74
Improve MPEG video parser
#75
Write 'demuxer' using EncodedFile, Link, Fragment for video containers (RIFF, Ogg, MPEG, ...)
#93
Rewrite/improve MPEG video parser using Kaa sourcecode
#100
Use magic number to choose parser when use of filename fails
#116
Possible DoS with bz2 files.
#120
Allow to load user parser
#138
OLE2 Parser Changes + Updates
#145
CHM parser updates
#152
Parse other MAR format
#163
MPEG audio: write LYRICS parser
#164
MPEG audio: write APE2 parser
#166
Mach-O executable file format
#167
ELF parser improvements
#171
Assorted hachoir_parser additions
#175
Rewrite MPEG-4/MOV parser from scratch

See also