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.
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
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