Amiga file formats
How to exploit the Amiga file formats, with portable material if possible.
Updated the 2000-01-31. Any remark, comment or addition ? Mail me!
- Official IFF FORM and CHUNK registry. 10 feb 1993 : 51 files, from Amiga Inc Developper CD.
Archive
Picture
- IFF-ILBM InterLeaved BitMap,
IFF-ACBM Amiga Continous BitMap: HAM6/HAM8, EHB, IFF24
Specs : IFFSpecs.lzh,
IFF_FORMS,
C Utils : ilbmtoppm (29 mar 95),
XV 3.10a.
Amiga Srcs : IFFParse 39.11,
37.9.
- IFF-DEEP : XiPaint. Specs : IFF_FORMS,
C Util : ilbmtoppm (29 mar 95),
68k Src : deep2ppm.lha
- IFF-RGB8/RGBN : TurboSilver (Impulse).
Specs : RGBx_DT.lha,
IFF_FORMS,
C Utils : ilbmtoppm (29 mar 95),
- IFF-SHAM, IFF-DHAM/DHIRES : Specs : IFF_FORMS,
C Utils : ilbmtoppm (29 mar 95),
- IFF-YUVN : VLab (Macrosystems Computer GMBH).
Specs : YUVN.txt (Sent by Stephan Rupprecht),
Amiga C Src : YUVNdt.lha
- IFF-DCOL : Direct color.
C Utils : ilbmtoppm (29 mar 95),
- IFF-PCHG : Palette change.
Specs + Amiga Src : PCHGLib14.lha,
Specs : IFF_FORMS,
C Utils : ilbmtoppm (29 mar 95),
Amiga Src : mp2iff24.lha
- IFF-PBM : Deluxe-PaintIIe (PC version)
Utils : lbm2ppm.zip,
C Utils : ilbmtoppm (29 mar 95),
- IFF-RGFX : Retargetable Graphics.
Specs : IFF-RGFX.lha,
- SVG : SuperView Graphics (Andreas Kleinert).
Specs : SVG-Specs.lha
Animation
ANIM
- YAFA : Wildfire
- SSA :
- Movie Setter :
C util : XAnim
- Page Flipper Plus F/X :
C util : XAnim
Sound
- IFF-8SVX :
Specs : IFFSpecs.lzh.
C util : Sox
- IFF-16VX :
- IFF-MAUD : Specs : maudinfo.txt (Sent by Richard Koerber),
C util : Sox
- IFF-RSND :
Amiga C Src : RSND-DT.lha
- XPK-SQSH : SQSH module of XPK library (sound delta & compressed).
Original 68000/68020 source by John Hendrikx : sqsh.s.
C util : unsqsh.c
Music
Misc
Conversion tools
- Amiga archives tools .ADF 1.0 : Ready to use conversion scripts (lha2zip, dms2adf, lzx2zip, dms2zip).
use UAE or WinUAE with the 3.0 ROM, 8mb fast, and mount the directory where the .lha or .dms are.
- ag2html.pl : a Perl script to convert Amigaguide document into HTML (by Michael Witbrock)
Amiga music sites
- Exotica : THE site for 'exotic' music format, all the tunes, all the editors
- Mods anthology Vol 1
: a very good and huge work by Gryzor, 18000 .mod modules on 4 cd-roms, sorted by authors and groups !
- Hacked Amiga Music : Ripping Gurus...