Shockwave (Director)

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'''Shockwave''' is a platform and format for multimedia applications, video games, etc. It was owned by Macromedia during most of its formative years, and is now owned by Adobe. It has many names, most of which involve permutations of the words "Macromedia", "Adobe", "Shockwave", and "Director". ''Director'' is the application usually used to develop it. It is distinct from [[SWF]] (Flash).
 
'''Shockwave''' is a platform and format for multimedia applications, video games, etc. It was owned by Macromedia during most of its formative years, and is now owned by Adobe. It has many names, most of which involve permutations of the words "Macromedia", "Adobe", "Shockwave", and "Director". ''Director'' is the application usually used to develop it. It is distinct from [[SWF]] (Flash).
  
The format is based on the [[RIFF]] metaformat, but with data stored as big endian, (so the magic bytes are RIFX instead of RIFF)
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The format seems to be based on the [[RIFX]] metaformat, though some DCR files are not[https://sites.google.com/site/reverseshockwave/home/dcr-format] actually valid RIFX files.
  
 
Shockwave also has a plugin system called "xtras" which may complicate the correct interpretation of some files in the future.
 
Shockwave also has a plugin system called "xtras" which may complicate the correct interpretation of some files in the future.
 
  
 
== Identifiers ==
 
== Identifiers ==

Revision as of 21:05, 13 January 2016

File Format
Name Shockwave (Director)
Ontology
Extension(s) .dcr, .dir, .dxr
PRONOM x-fmt/341, fmt/317, fmt/486
Released ≤1995
For Shockwave Flash, see SWF.

Shockwave is a platform and format for multimedia applications, video games, etc. It was owned by Macromedia during most of its formative years, and is now owned by Adobe. It has many names, most of which involve permutations of the words "Macromedia", "Adobe", "Shockwave", and "Director". Director is the application usually used to develop it. It is distinct from SWF (Flash).

The format seems to be based on the RIFX metaformat, though some DCR files are not[1] actually valid RIFX files.

Shockwave also has a plugin system called "xtras" which may complicate the correct interpretation of some files in the future.

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This format has three related extensions: DIR is uncompressed, DCR is compressed, and DXR is encrypted.

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