19. Multimedia Services
The modules described in this chapter implement various algorithms or interfaces that are mainly useful for multimedia applications. They are available at the discretion of the installation. Here's an overview:
| audioop | Manipulate raw audio data. | |
| imageop | Manipulate raw image data. | |
| aifc | Read and write audio files in AIFF or AIFC format. | |
| sunau | Provide an interface to the Sun AU sound format. | |
| wave | Provide an interface to the WAV sound format. | |
| chunk | Module to read IFF chunks. | |
| colorsys | Conversion functions between RGB and other color systems. | |
| rgbimg | Read and write image files in ``SGI RGB'' format (the module is not SGI specific though!). | |
| imghdr | Determine the type of image contained in a file or byte stream. | |
| sndhdr | Determine type of a sound file. | |
| ossaudiodev | Access to OSS-compatible audio devices. |
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