Thanks for the quick and helpful responses everyone, though Kyle and Rachel, I think it being CONTENTdm is what it comes down to. I should have mentioned that I am trying to extract these images from CONTENTdm.
So I am still a little confused, though, about how the .cpd file in CONTENTdm works. In the export I am noticing that the `cdmfile` variously points to .cpd files in some records and .jpg files in other records. It does not seem to correspond to whether there is a front and back to the image or not (I think they all have front and back in same object though I may be wrong). I am relatively green with CONTENTdm, so this is a learning moment for me.
If this is the case, how do I go about extracting the image file information from the .cpd files? If they are XML, I am not sure how to read their contents as opening up with a text file or browser shows 'invalid file'.
Thanks,
d
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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kyle Banerjee
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 11:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] .cpd file format head scratcher
Just out of curiosity, are these files in a DAM or did you get them elsewhere? The reason I ask is that you appear to have a bunch of pharmaceutical cards in a CONTENTdm system at
http://nyam.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p4129coll16
If you're trying to extract the image files from CDM, the cpd file is an XML file defining a compound object with object odentifiers, filenames, and descriptions.You can iterate through all the images separately
kyle
On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Andrew Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> For a set of digitized pharmaceutical cards, I am coming up against an
> image file format that seems to be locked in time. It's supposedly a
> Compressed PhotoDefiner (?) lossless (.cpd) file (
> http://www.photodefiner.com/home/). Though when I try to load up the
> software, I can't get it to take on any of our windows machines
> (running 8 and 7). Don't have a mac on hand so don't know if that
> works or not, currently.
>
> In my experience, though, I've always been able to find some rogue
> third party file converter (or imagemagick) to be helpful in these
> scenarios but this format is just not something that appears to have been accounted for.
> Additionally, it's one of those file formats that seem to only pop
> randomly generated answer sites with questionable downloads in a
> google search, such as
> http://www.solvusoft.com/en/file-extensions/file-extension-cpd/
>
> Just wanted to see if anyone has come across this format and whether
> there might be any tools to convert it.
>
> Thanks,
> Drew
>
>
>
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