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ETC Expression Show File #45

Closed sbshep closed 6 months ago

sbshep commented 9 months ago

Format name ETC Expression Show File

Version number n/a

PUID n/a

Extensions .shw

MIME/Media Type application/octet-stream

Description Used by ETC’s Express or Expression console for stage lighting. The file would be stored on a floppy disk for use in the console. Expression-offline software (https://www.etcconnect.com/Products/Legacy/Console/Others/Express/Software.aspx) can convert from .shw to .asc (ASCII) text file and can import either file type.

Format type I'm not sure how to classify it.

Vendor ETC https://www.etcconnect.com/

References Expression Off-Line QuickGuide Version 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20051126055839/http://www.etcconnect.com/docs_downloads/manuals/Expression_Off-Line_v3.1_Quick_Guide.pdf Expression Console Technical Support https://www.etcconnect.com/Products/Legacy/Console/Others/Expression/Support-Articles.aspx Express Console Technical Support https://www.etcconnect.com/Products/Legacy/Console/Others/Express/Software.aspx File Format Wiki entry http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/ETC_Show_File

File format identification signatures 4554432045585020 from BOF (reads in ASCII as "ETC EXP")

Please credit "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" for this signature.

Two samples and a test file signature XML below: ETC Expression Show File signature and samples.zip

tnafrancesca commented 7 months ago

Thank you for your research, I've created an entry for this in the latest release which will hopefully go out in the next few weeks. I'll close the issue then

tnafrancesca commented 6 months ago

In latest v.118 release