This page hosts a formal specification of .tim file format of Sony PlayStation (PSX) typical image format using Kaitai Struct. This specification can be automatically translated into a variety of programming languages to get a parsing library.
All parsing code for Python generated by Kaitai Struct depends on the Python runtime library. You have to install it before you can parse data.
The Python runtime library can be installed from PyPI:
python3 -m pip install kaitaistructParse a local file and get structure in memory:
data = PsxTim.from_file("path/to/local/file.tim")
Or parse structure from a bytes:
from kaitaistruct import KaitaiStream, BytesIO
raw = b"\x00\x01\x02..."
data = PsxTim(KaitaiStream(BytesIO(raw)))
After that, one can get various attributes from the structure by invoking getter methods like:
data.flags # => Encodes bits-per-pixel and whether CLUT is present in a file or not
# This is a generated file! Please edit source .ksy file and use kaitai-struct-compiler to rebuild
# type: ignore
import kaitaistruct
from kaitaistruct import KaitaiStruct, KaitaiStream, BytesIO
from enum import IntEnum
if getattr(kaitaistruct, 'API_VERSION', (0, 9)) < (0, 11):
raise Exception("Incompatible Kaitai Struct Python API: 0.11 or later is required, but you have %s" % (kaitaistruct.__version__))
class PsxTim(KaitaiStruct):
"""
.. seealso::
Source - http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/TIM_(PlayStation_graphics)
.. seealso::
Source - https://mrclick.zophar.net/TilEd/download/timgfx.txt
.. seealso::
Source - https://www.romhacking.net/documents/31/
"""
class BppType(IntEnum):
bpp_4 = 0
bpp_8 = 1
bpp_16 = 2
bpp_24 = 3
def __init__(self, _io, _parent=None, _root=None):
super(PsxTim, self).__init__(_io)
self._parent = _parent
self._root = _root or self
self._read()
def _read(self):
self.magic = self._io.read_bytes(4)
if not self.magic == b"\x10\x00\x00\x00":
raise kaitaistruct.ValidationNotEqualError(b"\x10\x00\x00\x00", self.magic, self._io, u"/seq/0")
self.flags = self._io.read_u4le()
if self.has_clut:
pass
self.clut = PsxTim.Bitmap(self._io, self, self._root)
self.img = PsxTim.Bitmap(self._io, self, self._root)
def _fetch_instances(self):
pass
if self.has_clut:
pass
self.clut._fetch_instances()
self.img._fetch_instances()
class Bitmap(KaitaiStruct):
def __init__(self, _io, _parent=None, _root=None):
super(PsxTim.Bitmap, self).__init__(_io)
self._parent = _parent
self._root = _root
self._read()
def _read(self):
self.len = self._io.read_u4le()
self.origin_x = self._io.read_u2le()
self.origin_y = self._io.read_u2le()
self.width = self._io.read_u2le()
self.height = self._io.read_u2le()
self.body = self._io.read_bytes(self.len - 12)
def _fetch_instances(self):
pass
@property
def bpp(self):
if hasattr(self, '_m_bpp'):
return self._m_bpp
self._m_bpp = self.flags & 3
return getattr(self, '_m_bpp', None)
@property
def has_clut(self):
if hasattr(self, '_m_has_clut'):
return self._m_has_clut
self._m_has_clut = self.flags & 8 != 0
return getattr(self, '_m_has_clut', None)