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JPEG Application Segments

Segment JPEG Marker used Header string Format defined in:
JFIF APP0 (0xFFE0) "JFIF\x00" JFIF
JFXX APP0 (0xFFE0) "JFXX\x00" JFIF
EXIF APP1 (0xFFE1) "EXIF\x00\x00" or "EXIF\x00\xFF" TIFF, EXIF, DCF, TIFF/EP
XMP APP1 (0xFFE1) "http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/\x00" XMP
Can also contain data as per DCMI Terms
ICC APP2 (0xFFE2) "ICC_PROFILE\x00" ICC
META APP3 (0xFFE3) "META\x00\x00" or "Meta\x00\x00" Same format as EXIF:
TIFF, EXIF, DCF, TIFF/EP
for tags, see http://picturemetadata.sourceforge.net
Picture Info APP12 (0xFFEC) No header, starting with "[picture info]" or
"Type=" or
"\x0a\x09\x09\x09\x09[picture info]"
otherwise one of the following headers:
"SEIKO EPSON CORP.  \x00"
"Agfa Gevaert   \x00"
"SanyoElectricDSC\x00"
"OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD."
Text String
Ducky APP12 (0xFFEC) "Ducky\x00" Unknown
Photoshop IRB APP13 (0xFFED) "Photoshop 3.0\x00" Adobe IRB
Can also contain data as per ITPC-NAA
For JPEG Quality (resource 0x0406), see Here for specification
Adobe APP14 (0xFFEE) "Adobe\x00" Supporting the DCT Filters in PostScript Level 2 - Technical Note #5116, 24 November 1992
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