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What file format/database format does Picasa use?

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I am trying to figure out what file format the .db file and .pmp files are. I tried using db_dump (Berkeley DB) for the .db files, but it seems that they are not Berkeley DB, or of an older version. I have no idea what the .PMP files are. Any help appreciated.

Error Output

Directory of C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Google\Picasa2\db3
 6/09/2010  08:07 PM           303,748 imagedata_uid64.pmp
 1/18/2010  10:34 PM            …

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is a format proprietory to Picasa, used to store informations about images. ( Reference ) ( Note: Below referenced blog post is dated, not sure how relevant/correct it is to the current version of Picasa ) More info: in the db2 directory there are a…

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