File Parsers

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Select "Advanced | File Parsers..." to see the list of parsing alternatives supported by the software.


The left panel shows a list of file extensions. Click on any file extension, you can see the methods to parse the file.


Most file extension has only one parsing alternative. If it contains multiple alternatives, River Past software will start with the first alternative, until it finds a way to decode the file. You can use and to change the priority of the alternatives.

More importantly, you can add your own parsing method with the button.

A parsing method contains at least a file reader component, and up to two splitter components. Normally, the second splitter component is not needed. For example, to decode an AVI file, we can use the standard DirectShow file reader, and then the AVI splitter. In this case, we will enter the following data:

File extension:   avi

File Reader

Name:      (leave blank)

ID:      (leave blank)

Splitter

Name:      AVI Splitter

ID:      1b544c20-fd0b-11ce-8c63-00aa0044b51e

Note: we left the File Reader data blank because we are using the standard DirectShow file reader components.

This simplified file parsing alternative will handle most AVI files.