735 Broadcast WAVE 0 Generic BWAVE (0), BWF (0) WAVE Audio Full Broadcast WAVE is a chunk-based audio format developed by the European Broadcasting Union, and based on the Microsoft WAVE format, which is in turn based on the generic Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) specification developed by Microsoft and IBM. Structurally, a BWAVE file is composed of a number of chunks, each comprising a four character code chunk identifier, the chunk size, and the chunk data. It comprises a RIFF header with a WAVE data type identifier, followed by a series of chunks. Every file must include a Broadcast Audio Extension chunk, containing metadata required for exchange of information between broadcasters, a Format chunk, which describes the format of the audio data, and a Data chunk, containing the audio data itself. BWAVE files which contain MPEG-encoded audio data must also include a Fact chunk, containing file-dependent information about the audio data, and an MPEG Audio Extension chunk, containing extra information required to describe the MPEG encoding. A BWAVE identified as generic by DROID likely uses an encoding format unknown to PRONOM, or perhaps a structural difference, and users are encouraged to let the PRONOM team know should this occur. Binary Little-endian (Intel) 01 Jan 1997 01 Jul 2001 1 Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives 11 Mar 2005 19 Jul 2013 audio/x-wav MIME fmt/1 PUID wav File extension 1032 BWAVE Generic 0 RIFF header, WAVE ID, BEXT chunk (Version=0) 1 Absolute from BOF 0 0 52494646{4}57415645*62657874{350}0000 Has lower priority than 1502 Broadcast WAVE Has lower priority than 1505 Broadcast WAVE Has lower priority than 1508 Broadcast WAVE Has priority over 654 Waveform Audio Has priority over 784 Waveform Audio (PCMWAVEFORMAT) Has priority over 786 Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE) Is previous version of 656 Broadcast WAVE