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Reversible data hiding in Standard MIDI Files by adjusting delta time values

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In this paper, an effective method of hiding information in Standard MIDI Files (SMF) is presented. The method simultaneously shifts the binary representations of both the division value and non-zero delta time values in a MIDI file left in order to hide information, and embeds secret information in the bits of the non-zero delta time values produced by the left shifting. The number of left shift bits is in accordance with both the tolerance of beat-changing and the size of the secret information to be embedded. Experimental results show that the proposed method is not only able to embed secret information in Standard MIDI Files without influencing their playing quality, but is also able to recover the original MIDI files without distortion after the hidden data have been extracted.

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This work was supported partially by National Science Council, R. O. C. under Grant No. 100-2221-E-327-029.

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  1. Department of Computer and Communication Engineering, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, No. 1, University Rd, Yanchao Dist., Kaohsiung City, 824, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Da-Chun Wu

  2. Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, No. 1, University Rd, Yanchao Dist., Kaohsiung City, 824, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Ming-Yao Chen

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Wu, DC., Chen, MY. Reversible data hiding in Standard MIDI Files by adjusting delta time values. Multimed Tools Appl 74, 9827–9844 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-014-2157-1

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