vqachunknames.txt

FORM
..VQHD              //VQa HeaDer
..NAME              //Standard IFF Name chunk        // used in Poly,BR and LOL game VQA's, poly contains the string "...$Generated by BuildVQA 3.9 (03/03/95)"
..ZBUF              //ZBUFfer data                    //Used in BR only?
..SND0              //SouND0                         //PCM Audio
..SND1              //SouND1                         //WS ADPCM
..SND2              //SouND2                         //IMA ADPCM Audio
..SN2J              //SouNd2 Jumptable               //<madmoose> SN2J is jump-information for SND2-decoding
..VIEW              //VIEWport                       //3x4 Matrix. Used in BR only?
..AESC              //Something Pal related          //Used in BR only?
..LITE              //LIghTing Entries?              //Used in BR only?
..FINF              //Frame INFormation              //Appears to contain offsets to each VQFR chunk (and VQFL?)
..CLIP              //CLIP                           //Used for cropping the VQA to a specific size
..CMDS              //some sort of commands          //Only used in Malcolms Revenge?
..SPAN              //Unknown                        //Only appears to be in LOLG/LOL3 Sound effect related //Only appears to be in LOLG, appears to be connected to bitfields

..LINF              //Loop INFormation
....LINH            //Loop INformation Header
....LIND            //Loop INformation Data          //Contains Loop start and End number array as ushort


..LNIN
....LNIH            //Loop N? I? Header
....LNIO            //Loop N? I? Offsets
....LNID            //Loop N? I? Data                //Contains Loop names as strings


..MSCI              //Main? SCene? Information?
....MSCH            //Main? SCene? Header?
....MSCT            //Main? SCene? T?


..CINF              //Codebook INFormation
....CINH            //Codebook INformation Header
....CIND            //Codebook INformation Data


..VQFR              //Vector Quantized FRame
....CBFZ            //CodeBook Full Compressed
....VPTR            //Vector PointeR Uncompressed
....CBF0            //CodeBook Full Uncompressed
....CBP0            //CodeBook Partial Uncompressed
....CPL0            //Color PaLette Uncompressed
....VPTZ            //Vector Pointer Table Compressed
....VPRZ            //Vector PointeR Compressed
....CBPZ            //CodeBook Partial Compressed


..PINF              // Palette INFormation
....PINH            // Palette INformation Header
....PIND            // Palette INformation Data


..MFCI
....MFCH
....MFCD
....MFCT

..VQFL              //Vector Quantized Frame Loop???? // Only in LOL3?? what is this <peterkohaut> VQFL is also in BR and its used only for codebook<peterkohaut> in br code of vqadecoder there is option to skip vqfl when reading next frame<peterkohaut> no, but it may be skipped when you are looping and codebook has not been changed<peterkohaut> but its just a guess
....CBFZ


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MUST DO RESEARCH ON

These are alternative audio streams, how exactly this works i don't know right now
These explain why the VQAHeader contains audio related data at the bottom of the header sometimes

SNA0 // Present in TD code, BR and TS code
SNA1 // Present in RA code, BR and TS code
SNA2 // Present in RA code, BR and TS code


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Not found in any VQAs

CAP0 // Isn't in any VQA's, present in early TD code, captions(subtitles) where in there compressed with LCW
EVA0 // Present in early TD code, purpose unknown

CPLZ // Present in RA code and TS code  Color PaLette Compressed
VPTD // Present in RA code and TS code, read with Load_VPTZ
VQFK // Present in RA code and TS code, read with Load_VQF
VPTK // Present in RA code and TS code
VPT0 // Present in RA code and TS code //Vector Pointer Table Uncompressed

VPDZ // Present in BR code
VPKZ // Present in BR code

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OLD infos

FORM // standard IFF chunk id

NAME // used in Poly,BR and LOL game VQA's poly contains the string "...$Generated by BuildVQA 3.9 (03/03/95)"

PINF // Palette info
PINH // Palette Header
PIND // Palette Data

FINF // Frame INFormation

CMDS // Commands for the VQA player? Used in Malcoms Revenge Bench VQA's

SN2J
SND0 // PCM Audio
SND1 // WS ADPCM, Used in Malcoms Revenge VQA's
SND2 // SOSCodec (IMA ADPCM) Audio

VQFR // Vector Quantized FRame

CBF0 // CodeBook, Full Uncompressed
CBFZ // CodeBook, Full Compressed

CBP0 // CodeBook Part For Uncompressed
CBPZ // CodeBook Part For Compressed

CPL0 // Color PaLette Uncompressed

VPTZ // Compressed Vector Pointer Table
VPRZ


Not found in any VQAs

CAP0 // Isn't in any VQA's, present in early TD code and TS code
EVA0 // Present in early TD code, purpose unknown
SNA0 // Present in early TD code
SNA1 // Present in RA code
SNA2 // Present in RA code
CPLZ // Color PaLette Compressed Present in RA code
VPTD // Present in RA code
VQFK // Present in RA code
VPTK // Present in RA code
VPT0 // Present in RA code


Appears in TS and BR code

CLIP

LINF // Loop info
LINH
LIND // Loop ID string

LNIH
LNIN
LNIO
LNID

MFCI
MFCH
MFCD

LITE // Lighting info in BR

MSCI
MSCH

CINF // Codebook info
CINH
CIND

ZBUF // ZBuffer data in BR

VIEW // in BR <madmoose> VIEW is the 3D view matrix <madmoose> basically the camera position

AESC // in BR, something palette related, palette shifting for special effects maybe?