[Bug 521689] Re: file doesn't recognize AVF video container

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On 2012-09-25T22:44:17+00:00 Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff wrote:

AVF is a variant of AVI video container. The only difference is the
first 4 bytes: they're 'AVF0' instead of 'RIFF' in AVI. A sample video
in AVF can be found at
http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/vidvid/2009_08_25_21_07_59_ch3.avf

2009_08_25_21_07_59_ch3.avf:
	name: application/octet-stream
	data: application/octet-stream
	file: application/octet-stream

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On 2013-02-12T16:44:29+00:00 Bugzilla-x wrote:

commit 02063fc9ead09c9ea8408a47234d2c61c28b9d19
Author: Bastien Nocera <hadess at hadess.net>
Date:   Tue Feb 12 17:43:13 2013 +0100

    Add AVF file variant of the AVI container
    
    https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55336
    See also:
    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593117

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** Changed in: shared-mime-info
       Status: Unknown => Fix Released

** Changed in: shared-mime-info
   Importance: Unknown => Medium

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Title:
  file doesn't recognize AVF video container

Status in shared MIME database:
  Fix Released
Status in “file” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “shared-mime-info” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  AVF is modified AVI container. The only difference is the first 4 bytes: they're 'AVF0' instead of 'RIFF' in AVI. A sample video in AVF can be found at http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/vidvid/2009_08_25_21_07_59_ch3.avf
  Would somebody add support of AVF to file, please?

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