The modules described in this chapter implement various algorithms or interfaces that are mainly useful for multimedia applications. They are available at the discretion of the installation. Here's an overview:
| audioop | Manipulate raw audio data. | 
| imageop | Manipulate raw image data. | 
| aifc | Read and write audio files in AIFF or AIFC format. | 
| sunau | Provide an interface to the Sun AU sound format. | 
| wave | Provide an interface to the WAV sound format. | 
| chunk | Module to read IFF chunks. | 
| colorsys | Conversion functions between RGB and other color systems. | 
| rgbimg | Read and write image files in ``SGI RGB'' format (the module is not SGI specific though!). | 
| imghdr | Determine the type of image contained in a file or byte stream. | 
| sndhdr | Determine type of a sound file. |