iff-parser

The node-iff-parser parses Amiga IFF files (of all kinds) according to specifications.

Usage

var IFFParser = require('iff-parser').Parser;
var settings = {}; //Optional
var parser = new IFFParser('/path/to/file', settings);
parser.parse(function(error, result) {
    //Do something with the result
});

IFF Chunks are parsed into nodes. There are nodes for container chunks (chunks that can contain other chunks), ContainerChunk, and nodes for data-only chunks (DataChunk). The top-level object returned is of type File, which is a special container chunk that can only contain one chunk. Said chunk can be accessed using the .content property (or using chunkById('FORM') for compatibility). The chunk returned is (for all valid files) a container of type FORM.

Shared properties

Data and Container chunks both contain the following properties:

• chunkType containing "DataChunk", "File" or "ContainerChunk", respectively.
• ckID the type of the chunk as parsed as ascii string.
• ckSize the size (in bytes) that the chunk header specifies.
• ckData a Buffer of the data in the chunk (except id and size header fields). Note that this data is sliced for the data of the child chunks so changing this will also change the data of the child chunks.

Properties specific to container chunks:

Container chunks additionally contain the following:

• chunks array of child chunks.
• chunkById convenience method to get the first child chunk of a specific type or null if no such chunk exists.
• chunksById convenience method to get an array of all child chunks of a specific types.

Additional properties

Each chunk, before being made into an object of either type, is processed by a processor. There are built-in processors for various types such as the basic LIST, FORM, CAT and PROP chunk types as well as some chunk types specific to the ILBM image file type. To create your own processor, simply pass the option processors. This option should be an object with the chunk types you wish to parse as keys and the processor function as value:

settings = {
    processors: {
        "FXHD": function(chunk_info, parentChunk) {
            //chunk_info contains ckID, ckSize and ckData fields
                var props = {
                width = chunk_info.ckData.readUInt16BE(0),
                …
            }
            return {additionalData: props, innerChunkBuffer: null}
        },
        …
    }
};

If the returned innerChunkBuffer of a processor is non-null, the returned Buffer (which should be a sliced version of chunk_info.ckData) is used to parse child chunks. The default implementation will return null for unknown chunks (meaning they become DataChunks).

All the properties from additionalData will be copied into the created chunk object.

Utilities

There are currently two utility functions that can be accessed using require('iff-parser').utils.

unpack(bufferprops = {buffer, offset}, compression, length)

unpack will return a new buffer derived from the current buffer in bufferprops and the given compression schemes, resulting in a buffer of length bytes. bufferprops.offset will be updated accordingly. Currently, the supported values for compression are "cmpNone" and "cmpByteRun1".

ilbm_canvas(file)

ilbm_canvas will try to load the iff-parsed file as ILBM (inter-leaved bitmap) into a new node-canvas, returning said canvas. Requires node-canvas to be installed.

smus_write_midi(file, instrument_sets, options)

Generate a MIDI file from a SMUS IFF using smus_write_midi. Requires midimal to be installed.

To-Do

• Better robustness for incorrect buffer sizes in the header field.
• ilbm_canvas should support lasso masks (mskLasso)

License

node-iff-parser is freely distributable under the terms of an MIT-style license.

Copyright (c) 2011 Raphael Schweikert, http://sabberworm.com/

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