#fileformat Friday! The many names of an iView Catalog. #digipres https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2026/02/13/iview/
#fileFormat
Azahar v2124.3 (3DS) brings back .3ds file extension support
“This update re-enables support for the .3ds extension, which was previously removed in Azahar’s initial release.
We previously made this change as a clear motion to distance ourselves from the mass piracy that lead to the closure of Yuzu and Citra, however, we have now determined that this change is causing more harm than good.
We’ve noticed that the removal of the .3ds extension has caused unnecessary fragmentation in the 3DS emulation community. This led to the creation of dubiously safe forks, to which a portion of the Azahar userbase migrated. These forks used unsafe deployment practices, presented licensing concerns, and confused users as to whether the forks were part of the upstream Azahar project. These circumstances created an unhealthy open-source development environment, and we don’t believe that this is in the best interest of the 3DS emulation scene.
Given that the removal of the .3ds extension was originally an act of project philosophy rather than a technical change, we don’t want this decision to overshadow the very real leaps which have been made in Azahar over the last year. Because of this, we have decided that it’s for the best of everyone that we revert the change.
It is important to note that support for encrypted ROMs is still disabled; This will not change for the foreseeable future. Unlike the .3ds extension, which is a matter of project philosophy, encrypted ROMs still present actual legal challenges that we do not want to take on.
We have decided to publish this change in its own Azahar release to avoid the change overshadowing additions made in the future 2125 update.
We hope that this change will help to bring the 3DS emulation community closer together.”
Data centers are one of the biggest reasons for carbon emissions.
Why can't we create new image, video, and other file formats that are more efficient for saving storage and power in data centers?
#data #datacenter #server #ideas #innovation #BigTech #TechGiant #Tech #environment #carbonemissions #sustainability #FileFormat #technology #IT
#fileformat Friday! MORE file format fun, exploring the Living VideoText formats. #digipres https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2025/12/05/more/
🚨 Breaking news: A file format has stumped humanity for two decades! 🤔 Apparently, a guy reminiscing about Splinter Cell thought you'd care about his life story instead of actual details on this mysterious format. Spoiler alert: you won't learn anything new here! 🙄
https://landaire.net/a-file-format-uncracked-for-20-years/ #BreakingNews #FileFormat #Mystery #SplinterCell #TechHumor #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated
A File Format Uncracked for 20 Years
https://landaire.net/a-file-format-uncracked-for-20-years/
#HackerNews #FileFormat #Uncracked #20Years #TechMystery #DataEncryption #Cybersecurity
New filetype or renamed zip ?
My brain whenever someone says they "made a #new #fileformat "
(Tbh tho, we have enough already TrID already is not helpful anymore..)
#SillyCea
#repost •acws #acws
Writing better with Markdown https://winoda.de/en/2025/10/29/writing-better-with-markdown/ Much has been said and written about the gradual formation of thoughts while writing. And it’s all true!That’s why I’m still glad that I started learning to touch type at […] #WiNoDaKnowledgeLabJournalen #FileFormat #Markdown #Tools
I released an update to my libE57Format library—version 3.3—to fix some build warnings & to update the build system (cmake)🏗️.
It is a C++ library which provides read & write support for the ASTM-standard E57 file format on Linux, macOS, and Windows. E57 files store 3D point cloud data, attributes associated with 3D point data (color & intensity), and 2D images (photos).
https://github.com/asmaloney/libE57Format/releases/tag/v3.3.0
#3DScanner #PointCloud #GIS #Geospatial #LiDAR #LaserScanner #E57 #OpenSource #FileFormat #cpp #FOSS
#fileformat Friday - Searching for Textor #digipres #DOS https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2025/10/17/textor/
All members are invited to next week's 3D Asset Interoperability Working Group meeting for the education session on GPU Compression & KTX. Binomial Co Founder, Stephanie Hurlburt will provide an overview of GPU block-based compression in Khronos Group’s KTX format, and recent innovations in image compression that allow increased image data usage and complex scenes.
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#KTX #compression #fileformat #GPU
🚨 Alert! #Innovators at Cognition have heroically reinvented the wheel by creating yet another file format for VM disk snapshots, because, you know, existing ones just weren't cutting it. 🤦♂️ Meanwhile, the rest of us will keep sipping coffee, wondering what problem this actually solves, and if anyone outside their office will ever care. ☕️
https://cognition.ai/blog/blockdiff #Disruption #FileFormat #VMdiskSnapshots #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated
Blockdiff: We built our own file format for VM disk snapshots
https://cognition.ai/blog/blockdiff
#HackerNews #Blockdiff #VMdisk #Snapshots #fileformat #technology
Also in the #fileformat space, the TrID file format identification tool has gone python! What used to be a windows or online application, is now multi-platform. Thanks Marco! #digipres https://mark0.net/soft-trid-e.html 2/2
A couple exciting updates in the #fileformat space this week. First #PRONOM released a new signature, v121, with 29 new PUIDs, 29 new signatures and 18 updates. Including an APK signature! @BertrandCaron #digipres https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/aboutapps/pronom/release-notes.xml 1/2
I am quite proud that I managed to embed the json file of the menus in the PDF for both the iOS and web version 🙈 Makes it super convenient to be able to have a nice PDF file that you can also import to edit! Also the app has a preview extension to render the native json format (.rmenu/ .relationshipmenu) as a PDF when opening it in files ☺️
Asciinema CLI 3.0 rewritten in Rust, adds live streaming, upgrades file format
https://blog.asciinema.org/post/three-point-o/
#HackerNews #Asciinema #Rust #CLI #Streaming #FileFormat #Upgrade
#fileformat Friday! ...because sometimes size does matter! Remember ACE? #digipres #obsoletearchive https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2025/09/12/ace/
@iammannyj I looked into #Joplin not too long ago. What dissuaded me most was their #proprietary #fileformat. I avoid #lockin whenever possible. That said, it’s an interesting write-up. #OpenSource
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