This makes sense, but what about filenames? Where does it get Set20_01 from? I suppose it could keep the "set" number as a global, and then the _01 is the number of the record in the DB... Curious. -- Jacob Thurman
"Paulo Raffaelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, > > The photo databases stored on the Zire are just JPEG > files broken up into records. > > Looking at a raw binary dump of the .pdb file, at > offset 0x78 into the .pdb, there's the start of a > block of JPEG data: > > 'DBLK' <count> 44 42 4C 4B 00 00 10 00, which in this > example means that the next 0x00001000 bytes are JPEG > data. > > I think (haven't checked this yet) that each record in > the database begins with 'DBLK' <count> and the > remainder of the record is <count> bytes of > JPEG-format data, in other words. Cutting and pasting > just the data bytes into a new file and opening it in > an image-viewing program on the desktop works (the new > file opens and looks correct compared to the HotSynced > version). > > HTH, > Paulo Raffaelli > > > --- Jacob Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is the photos application data storage format > > documented anywhere? I'd like > > to write an application that would be able to use > > photos taken with the > > camera, preferably by sharing the database with the > > builtin photos app. > > Does anyone know where this structure is documented? > > > > Thanks, > > -- > > Jacob Thurman > > > > > > > > -- > > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, > > or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
