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- Short: Strips proprietary headers from JFIF-JPEG files
- Type: gfx/misc
- Uploader: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de
- Author: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de
- Replaces: StripAOL.lha
-
- Some people reported problems with loading various
- JPEG (JFIF) files, which they had received as email
- attachment (or otherwise).
-
- It seems that the online service provider AOL does use
- a proprietary additional header for email attachments,
- which makes it impossible for some (most) JPEG readers
- to recognize AND decode the resulting modified JFIF files.
-
- The file structure for example could look like this:
-
- [ AOL JPEG8BIM header ]
- [ Photshop 3.0 preview JFIF ]
- [ Photshop 4.0 main JFIF ]
-
- On the other hand, some Mac written JPEG files do look
- quite similar:
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- [ MAC header ]
- [ JPEG8BIM header ]
- [ Photshop 3.0 preview JFIF ]
- [ main JFIF with "AppleMark" ]
-
- Anyway - let it be AOL or MacBinary:
-
- I've written a small utility called "StripJPEG",
- which does (at least it should, otherwise please
- feel free to report bugs) strip that proprietary
- JPEG headers from the files.
-
- Usage: StripJPEG infile outfile
-
- If you encounter files, which are not yet recognized,
- feel free to report (and/or modify the source and
- send me the result).
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