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:mod:`chunk` --- Read IFF chunked data
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.. module:: chunk
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:synopsis: Module to read IFF chunks.
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.. moduleauthor:: Sjoerd Mullender <sjoerd@acm.org>
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.. sectionauthor:: Sjoerd Mullender <sjoerd@acm.org>
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.. index::
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single: Audio Interchange File Format
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single: AIFF
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single: AIFF-C
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single: Real Media File Format
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single: RMFF
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This module provides an interface for reading files that use EA IFF 85 chunks.
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[#]_ This format is used in at least the Audio Interchange File Format
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(AIFF/AIFF-C) and the Real Media File Format (RMFF). The WAVE audio file format
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is closely related and can also be read using this module.
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A chunk has the following structure:
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+---------+--------+-------------------------------+
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| Offset | Length | Contents |
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+=========+========+===============================+
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| 0 | 4 | Chunk ID |
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+---------+--------+-------------------------------+
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| 4 | 4 | Size of chunk in big-endian |
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| | | byte order, not including the |
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| | | header |
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+---------+--------+-------------------------------+
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| 8 | *n* | Data bytes, where *n* is the |
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| | | size given in the preceding |
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| | | field |
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+---------+--------+-------------------------------+
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| 8 + *n* | 0 or 1 | Pad byte needed if *n* is odd |
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| | | and chunk alignment is used |
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+---------+--------+-------------------------------+
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The ID is a 4-byte string which identifies the type of chunk.
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The size field (a 32-bit value, encoded using big-endian byte order) gives the
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size of the chunk data, not including the 8-byte header.
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Usually an IFF-type file consists of one or more chunks. The proposed usage of
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the :class:`Chunk` class defined here is to instantiate an instance at the start
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of each chunk and read from the instance until it reaches the end, after which a
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new instance can be instantiated. At the end of the file, creating a new
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instance will fail with an :exc:`EOFError` exception.
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.. class:: Chunk(file[, align, bigendian, inclheader])
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Class which represents a chunk. The *file* argument is expected to be a
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file-like object. An instance of this class is specifically allowed. The
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only method that is needed is :meth:`~file.read`. If the methods
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:meth:`~file.seek` and :meth:`~file.tell` are present and don't
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raise an exception, they are also used.
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If these methods are present and raise an exception, they are expected to not
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have altered the object. If the optional argument *align* is true, chunks
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are assumed to be aligned on 2-byte boundaries. If *align* is false, no
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alignment is assumed. The default value is true. If the optional argument
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*bigendian* is false, the chunk size is assumed to be in little-endian order.
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This is needed for WAVE audio files. The default value is true. If the
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optional argument *inclheader* is true, the size given in the chunk header
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includes the size of the header. The default value is false.
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A :class:`Chunk` object supports the following methods:
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.. method:: getname()
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Returns the name (ID) of the chunk. This is the first 4 bytes of the
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chunk.
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.. method:: getsize()
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Returns the size of the chunk.
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.. method:: close()
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Close and skip to the end of the chunk. This does not close the
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underlying file.
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The remaining methods will raise :exc:`IOError` if called after the
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:meth:`close` method has been called.
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.. method:: isatty()
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Returns ``False``.
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.. method:: seek(pos[, whence])
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Set the chunk's current position. The *whence* argument is optional and
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defaults to ``0`` (absolute file positioning); other values are ``1``
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(seek relative to the current position) and ``2`` (seek relative to the
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file's end). There is no return value. If the underlying file does not
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allow seek, only forward seeks are allowed.
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.. method:: tell()
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Return the current position into the chunk.
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.. method:: read([size])
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Read at most *size* bytes from the chunk (less if the read hits the end of
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the chunk before obtaining *size* bytes). If the *size* argument is
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negative or omitted, read all data until the end of the chunk. The bytes
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are returned as a string object. An empty string is returned when the end
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of the chunk is encountered immediately.
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.. method:: skip()
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Skip to the end of the chunk. All further calls to :meth:`read` for the
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chunk will return ``''``. If you are not interested in the contents of
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the chunk, this method should be called so that the file points to the
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start of the next chunk.
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.. rubric:: Footnotes
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.. [#] "EA IFF 85" Standard for Interchange Format Files, Jerry Morrison, Electronic
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Arts, January 1985.
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