diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e52bd00..c299292 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
         "wittiws/htmlawed":"dev-master",
         "wittiws/phpquery":"dev-master",
         "wittiws/quipxml":"dev-master",
+        "wittiws/splash":"dev-master",
         "zendframework/zend-mail":"2.7.*"
     },
     "autoload":{
diff --git a/src/Configuration/ConfigurationDefaults.php b/src/Configuration/ConfigurationDefaults.php
index b6b5964..a5828d7 100644
--- a/src/Configuration/ConfigurationDefaults.php
+++ b/src/Configuration/ConfigurationDefaults.php
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ public function __construct(&$settings) {
           '#engine' => 'Convert\\Unoconv',
         ),
       ),
+      'pptx->json' => array(
+        'nativemeta:default' => array(
+          '#engine' => 'Convert\\NativeMeta',
+        ),
+      ),
       'rtf->pdf' => array(
         'unoconv:default' => array(
           '#engine' => 'Convert\\Unoconv',
diff --git a/src/Engine/Convert/NativeMeta.php b/src/Engine/Convert/NativeMeta.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80866b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Engine/Convert/NativeMeta.php
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of the FileConverter package.
+ *
+ * (c) Greg Payne
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace FileConverter\Engine\Convert;
+use FileConverter\Engine\EngineBase;
+use Splash\Splash;
+use QuipXml\Quip;
+
+class NativeMeta extends EngineBase {
+  /**
+   * @todo use Message::fromString($raw) to convert from eml to other formats
+   */
+  public function convertFile($source, $destination) {
+    $meta = array();
+
+    // Extract meta data based on the file type.
+    switch ($this->conversion[0]) {
+      case 'pptx':
+      // Open the pptx file
+        $pptx = new \ZipArchive;
+        if (TRUE !== $pptx->open($source)) {
+          throw new \ErrorException("Unable to open the PPTX file");
+        }
+
+        // Build the list of files.
+        $files = array();
+        for ($i = 0; $i < $pptx->numFiles; $i++) {
+          $files[] = $pptx->getNameIndex($i);
+        }
+        $files = Splash::fromArray($files);
+
+        // Build the slides.
+        $meta['slides'] = array();
+        foreach ($files->regex("@ppt/slides/slide\d+.xml$@") as $file) {
+          $slide = array();
+          $number = preg_replace('@^ppt/slides/slide(\d+)\.xml$@s', '\1', $file);
+          $slide['number'] = $number;
+
+          // Detect the title.
+          // ppt/slides/slide1.xml
+          $xml_slide = Quip::load($pptx->getFromName($file));
+          $title = $xml_slide->xpath("//p:sp//p:ph[@type='title' or @type='ctrTitle']")->xpath('../../..')->html();
+          // http://www.datypic.com/sc/ooxml/e-a_br-1.html
+          $title = preg_replace('@<a:br[^>]*>@s', "\n", $title);
+          $title = trim(strip_tags($title));
+          $slide['title'] = $title;
+
+          // Detect any notes.
+          // ppt/slides/_rels/slide1.xml.rels
+          // The 'Relationship' tag name does not work in this xpath for unknown reasons.
+          $xml_rels = Quip::load($pptx->getFromName("ppt/slides/_rels/slide$number.xml.rels"));
+          $note_id = $xml_rels->xpath("//*[@Type='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/notesSlide']")->eq(0)['Target'];
+
+          // Load the notes from the connected XML.
+          // ../notesSlides/notesSlide1.xml
+          // becomes ppt/notesSlides/notesSlide1.xml
+          if (substr($note_id, 0, 3) === '../') {
+            $note_id = preg_replace('@^\.\./@', 'ppt/', $note_id);
+            $xml_note = Quip::load($pptx->getFromName($note_id));
+            $note = $xml_note->html();
+            // The a:p tag appears preferred within notes.
+            $note = preg_replace('@<a:br[^>]*>@s', "\n", $note);
+            $note = preg_replace('@<a:p(?:\s[^>]*)?>@s', "\n", $note);
+            // The slide number appears in notes within a:fld.
+            $note = preg_replace('@<a:fld.*?</a:fld>@s', "", $note);
+            $note = trim(strip_tags($note));
+            $slide['notes'] = $note;
+          }
+
+          $meta['slides'][$number - 1] = $slide;
+        }
+        ksort($meta['slides']);
+
+        break;
+
+      default:
+        throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Unsupported conversion source type requested");
+    }
+
+    switch ($this->conversion[1]) {
+      case 'json':
+        $output = json_encode($meta, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT
+          | JSON_PARTIAL_OUTPUT_ON_ERROR);
+        file_put_contents($destination, $output);
+        return $this;
+
+      default:
+        throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Unsupported conversion destination type requested");
+    }
+  }
+
+  protected function getHelpInstallation($os, $os_version) {
+    $help = array(
+      'title' => 'Native Meta Data Extractor',
+    );
+    switch ($os) {
+      case 'Ubuntu':
+        $help['os'] = 'confirmed on Ubuntu 16.04';
+        $help['notes'] = array(
+          'composer update',
+        );
+        return $help;
+    }
+
+    return parent::getHelpInstallation($os, $os_version);
+  }
+
+  public function isAvailable() {
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+}
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