Introduction

Small Crate to infer various media containers. Works by reading Magic Bytes.

Supported Containers

• MKV
• ASF
• GXF
• WTV
• RCWT
• MP4
• TS
• M2TS
• PS
• Tivo PS
• MXF

Examples

Get Container type from starting bytes

let buf = [0x1a, 0x45, 0xdf, 0xa3, 0, 1];
let kind = media_infer::ContainerType::from_bytes(&buf);

assert_eq!(kind, Ok(media_infer::ContainerType::MKV));
#+end_src

** Get Container type from path to file
#+begin_src rust
use std::path::PathBuf;

let file_path = PathBuf::from("some.abc");
let kind = media_infer::ContainerType::from_file_path(&file_path);

Get Container type from open file

use std::fs::File;

let mut file = File::open("some.abc").unwrap();
let kind = media_infer::ContainerType::from_file(&mut file);

Resources

• Garykessler
• Wikipedia

lib.rs:

Small Crate to infer various media containers by magic bytes. More about Magic bytes can be found here:

• Wikipedia
• GCK'S FILE SIGNATURES TABLE

Examples

Get Container type from starting bytes

let buf = [0x1a, 0x45, 0xdf, 0xa3, 0, 1];
let kind = media_infer::ContainerType::from_bytes(&buf);

assert_eq!(kind, Ok(media_infer::ContainerType::MKV));

Get Container type from path to file

use std::path::PathBuf;

let file_path = PathBuf::from("some.abc");
let kind = media_infer::ContainerType::from_file_path(&file_path);

Get Container type from open file

use std::fs::File;

let mut file = File::open("some.abc").unwrap();
let kind = media_infer::ContainerType::from_file(&mut file);