Comic book archive
| Filename extension | .cbr, .cbz, .cbt, .cba, .cb7 (containers) |
|---|---|
| Internet media type | application/x-cbr |
| Type of format | Multimedia, archive file |
| Container for | Images |
| Standard(s) | None |
A comic book archive or comic book reader file is a type of archive file for the purpose of sequential viewing of images, especially comic books. The idea was made popular by the CDisplay image viewer; since then, many viewers for different platforms have been created.
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[edit] Design
Comic book archive files mainly consist of a series of image files, typically PNG (lossless compression) or JPEG (lossy compression) files, stored as a single archive file.
The file name extension indicates the archive type used:
Rare:
Comic book archive files are not a distinct file format; only the file name extension differs from a standard file of the given archive type.
Occasionally GIF, BMP, and TIFF files are seen. The file names inside an archive are usually numbered in ascending order according to the original page number. Folders may be used to group images.
Comic book archive viewers typically offer various dedicated functions to read the content, like one page forward/backwards, go to first/last page, zoom or print. Some applications support additional tag information in the form of embedded XML files in the archive or use of the ZIP comment to store additional information.[3] These files can include additional information like artists or story information.
[edit] Adoption
[edit] Linux
- Comix is a full featured comic book viewer and organizer
- Evince document viewer, includes support for the format
- Okular can view many formats, including PDF and CBR, and is included in the KDE Software Compilation.
[edit] Mac
- Simple Comic, an open source comic viewer with many features including archive reading support
[edit] Windows
- Calibre, can view and convert to different format.
- CDisplay was the first application to support the CBR format.
- Evince document viewer, includes support for the format
- STDU Viewer
- Sumatra
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "CBR file extension". http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/cbr. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ "CBZ file extension". http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/cbz. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ "Metadata for Digital Comics". https://code.google.com/p/comicbookinfo/.
