File identification software

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* [[JHOVE]] (tool to classify/identify/validate file formats)
 
* [[JHOVE]] (tool to classify/identify/validate file formats)
 
* [[MediaInfo]] (cross-platform, open source, [http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en website]): "MediaInfo is a convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files."
 
* [[MediaInfo]] (cross-platform, open source, [http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en website]): "MediaInfo is a convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files."
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* [[PHP PRONOM drip]]: Recognize file formats using PRONOM registry (open source, [http://www.phpclasses.org/package/9095-PHP-Recognize-file-formats-using-PRONOM-registry.html website])
 
* [[Siegfried]] (signature-based file identification tool) [http://www.itforarchivists.com/siegfried website] [http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/blogs/2014-09-27-siegfried-pronom-based-file-format-identification-tool blog post]
 
* [[Siegfried]] (signature-based file identification tool) [http://www.itforarchivists.com/siegfried website] [http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/blogs/2014-09-27-siegfried-pronom-based-file-format-identification-tool blog post]
 
* [[TrID]] (Windows/Linux, free for non-commercial use, [http://mark0.net/soft-trid-e.html website]): identifies files using a database of filetype signatures. Also has an [http://mark0.net/onlinetrid.aspx online version].
 
* [[TrID]] (Windows/Linux, free for non-commercial use, [http://mark0.net/soft-trid-e.html website]): identifies files using a database of filetype signatures. Also has an [http://mark0.net/onlinetrid.aspx online version].

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Software > File identification software

Software that automates the process of Identifying Files.

  • Apache Tika (cross-platform, open source, website): "The Apache Tika™ toolkit detects and extracts metadata and structured text content from various documents using existing parser libraries." Written in Java.
  • DROID (cross-platform, open source, website): "DROID is a software tool developed by The National Archives [of the United Kingdom] to perform automated batch identification of file formats." Requires Java 7 or 8 (Version 6.1.5).
  • FIDO (cross-platform, open source) website: Format Identification for Digital Objects, written in Python.
  • FIDOO (web-based online file identification): website
  • File command (various implementations): a standard Unix command, found on almost all Unix and Unix-like (i.e., Linux) systems. See the Debian man page for an overview.
  • File Information Tool Set: software from the Harvard University library to identify file formats and extract metadata
  • FI Tools (Windows, commercial, website)
  • G-Spot (Windows, freeware, website): Identifies audio and video codecs need to play a media file.
  • JHOVE (tool to classify/identify/validate file formats)
  • MediaInfo (cross-platform, open source, website): "MediaInfo is a convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files."
  • PHP PRONOM drip: Recognize file formats using PRONOM registry (open source, website)
  • Siegfried (signature-based file identification tool) website blog post
  • TrID (Windows/Linux, free for non-commercial use, website): identifies files using a database of filetype signatures. Also has an online version.

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