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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