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... and of course the pcap file header (24 bytes IIRC) at the beginning of the 
file and a pcap packet header (16 bytes) for each packet ...

> Sean, the weird preamble indicates that you are looking at a pcap
> formatted file (possibly produced by tcpdump -s0 -o ...)
> 
> If this is indeed the case, then you have ETH, IP and UDP headers in
> front of the payload.
> 
> I'll try and download one of the files and have a closer look.
> 
> HTH, Rolf
> 
> > Rolf, I've download both 'DevPakOptions302.zip' and
> > 'complex_decode.zip' from
> > http://www.nyxdata.com/nysedata/default.aspx?tabid=712.
> >
> > The sample data I have comes from
> > ftp://[email protected]/custom/ArcaBookMulticast.
> >
> > I've tried all of the files there, in particular OTC_A-
> > C_compacted_20090309.cap.gz and another file beginning with 'tcpdump'.
> > Which honestly makes me question what the data is, as the multicast
> > stuff should be UDP (I thought, anyway).
> >
> > Even looking at the hex bytes in a hex editor doesn't help me - there
> > is a weird preample on the files '0xD4 0xC3 0xB2 0xA1' and I don't
> > understand what the data is/how it is laid out in the files.
> >
> > I've done this before with CME messages and those are usually pretty
> > easy to go through by hand - these don't seem to match up to anything
> > I can find in the spec. I also am hesitant with this sample data as I
> > don't know exactly when it was captured/posted so I wonder if it could
> > by out of sync with what the spec says.
> >
> > > Hi Sean,
> > >
> > > which of the decoders (exact name of .zip) have you downloaded and
> > > which sample data file where you getting problems with?
> > >
> > > /Rolf
> > >
> > > > Has anyone had any experience decoding the FAST multicast market
> > > > data from ArcaBook?
> > > >
> > > > I'm attempting to use the decoder they provide in the DevPak (and
> > > > they insist works on their discussion forums) with sample data I
> > > > downloaded from them, as well as some sample messages I found
> > > > posted on their forums but am not having much luck.
> > > >
> > > > If anyone has done this, and has any other sample data or
> > > > knowledge/experience to pass along I would be very grateful.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, Sean


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