https://github.com/colonel-blimp/m8s-kaitai-struct

Kaitai Struct file format for Dirtywave M8 Song/Instrument/Theme/Scale files
https://github.com/colonel-blimp/m8s-kaitai-struct

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Kaitai Struct file format for Dirtywave M8 Song/Instrument/Theme/Scale files

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/colonel-blimp/m8s-kaitai-struct
• Owner: colonel-blimp
• Created: 2022-06-04T21:57:51.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-08-15T19:11:29.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T12:22:50.091Z (5 months ago)
• Language: Kaitai Struct
• Size: 5.86 KB
• Stars: 8
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
Kaitai Struct parser for Dirtywave M8 file formats

* [Overview](#overview)

* [Development](#development)

* [Credits](#credits)

## Overview

This repository contains [Kaitai Struct][ks] `.ksy` definitions to parse

various binary file formats used by the [Dirtywave M8][m8].  So far it includes

initial support for:

* `.m8s` Song files

* `.m8i` Instrument files

* `.m8t` Theme files

* `.m8n` Scale files

These Kaitai Struct definitions can be compiled into ready-made format handling

libraries in various languages (C++/STL, C#, Go , Java , JavaScript , Lua, Nim,

Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby).

## Development

* Open the [Kaitai Struct IDE][kside] and load `m8s.ksy`, experiment with your

  own files!

## Credits

* Thanks to [Dirtywave](https://github.com/Dirtywave) for creating the M8!

* Thanks to [ftsf](https://github.com/ftsf) for [reversing and documenting most

  of the M8 binary

  formats](https://gist.github.com/ftsf/223b0fc761339b3c23dda7dd891514d9) and

  making various M8 tools, like [matey]).  It was a great introduction to

  [nim], too!

[m8]: https://dirtywave.com/

[kside]: https://ide.kaitai.io/#

[ks]: https://kaitai.io/

[matey]: https://www.impbox.net/matey/

[nim]: https://nim-lang.org/