Hi,
Wow. Here is my research so far on this... After viewing APN files in a hex editor, its fairly obvious that the data is MPEG2 encoded (has the string "MPEG-2 Verification Sequence").
I found this page talking about i-Personalize and the specifications of the encoding. Best I can tell it’s not totally correct, but it’s close.
I believe the following about APN files:
* the data is MPEG2 encoded--likely by a Linux based encoding method
* the file is really 2 - 32k files appended together
* the file must be exactly 64k total (65,536 bytes).
* The files get to be their full size via padding bytes at the end (FF values)
* Windows Media Player will play the files if you have "Nero Video Decoder" installed by Nero 7 Ultra Edition (and maybe other versions)
* The duration of the files tends to make it hard to see but Windows Media player does play both frames
* I think the second file is for a different aspect ratio and/or maybe PAL. It may play on rear displays, I don't have one. The file on this forum can be split exactly in half and the files compare identical. I also tested taking an Alpine file, splitting it and appending it to itself--it loaded fine.
Using these facts, I think I know why the original poster of this message hasn't said a thing since posting. The zip file attached contains an APN and JPG file. The JPG is NOT what is in the correctly encoded (I tested it) non-Alpine APN. It is really the goatse.cx guy (See Wikipedia for more info). So be warned you probably do not want that loaded up on your unit.
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