Monday, 26 August 2013

Determine image type by file header

Determine image type by file header

I have a strange image (actually several) that I need to figure out the
type of. It opens correctly in the standard Windows photo viewer, but
doesn't make any indication of the type. I can rename the file to .jpg,
.png, etc. and it will still open the same.
The first 3 bytes of the file are 'BMB' (not BMP, that isn't a typo) and
then it's raw binary data that doesn't translate into readable characters.
Usually a tag like this is the file/image format/type. Does anyone know
what type of image this is?

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