| Guido van Rossum | ecde781 | 1995-03-28 13:35:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | \chapter{Multimedia Services} |
| Guido van Rossum | 5fdeeea | 1994-01-02 01:22:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | |
| Guido van Rossum | ecde781 | 1995-03-28 13:35:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | The modules described in this chapter implement various algorithms or |
| 4 | interfaces that are mainly useful for multimedia applications. They |
| 5 | are available at the discretion of the installation. Here's an overview: |
| 6 | |
| 7 | \begin{description} |
| 8 | |
| 9 | \item[audioop] |
| 10 | --- Manipulate raw audio data. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | \item[imageop] |
| 13 | --- Manipulate raw image data. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | \item[aifc] |
| 16 | --- Read and write audio files in AIFF or AIFC format. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | \item[jpeg] |
| 19 | --- Read and write image files in compressed JPEG format. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | \item[rgbimg] |
| 22 | --- Read and write image files in ``SGI RGB'' format (the module is |
| 23 | \emph{not} SGI specific though)! |
| 24 | |
| Fred Drake | 4b3f031 | 1996-12-13 22:04:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | \item[imghdr] |
| 26 | --- Determine the type of image contained in a file or byte stream. |
| 27 | |
| Guido van Rossum | ecde781 | 1995-03-28 13:35:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | \end{description} |