Re: Sibelius Software UK office shuts down

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:42 AM, Christ van Willegen
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 5:04 AM, Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> wrote:
>> (I had a brief look at the file format years ago; the problem is that
>> they run some sort of compression scheme over their data)
>
> What I'd do in cases like this is:
>
> - Create a 'score' with only a middle C1 in it
> - Same with a C2
> - Same with a D1
> - Same with a B1
> - Other staff symbol
> - Other key
> - Look at the binary differences
> - Play around with the numbers
> - See if Sib can re-import it after change
>
> Then, re-itererate for 2 notes...
>
> Takes a long time, but may help.
>
> If there are a _lot_ of binary changes between a C1 and a C2, then
> it's probably some encrypted/compressed format...

You can simply run a .sib file through gzip.  If it does not compress
(and it really doesn't) the file is already compressed.
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