Format
Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE)
Summary
- Name
- Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE)
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: audio/x-wav
- PUID: fmt/143
- Format type
- Audio
- Family
- WAVE
- Description
- Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSION) is an extended version of the Waveform Audio file format, and was developed by Microsoft. It is related to the Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEX) format, but is an even more extended version.
- Format encoding
- Text
- File extensions
-
wav,wave - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Relationships
- Has lower priority than
- Has priority over
- Is subsequent version of
- Is subtype of
Internal signatures
Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE)
- Description
- RIFF header, WAVE ID, Format chunk, chunk length GTE 40, wformat Tag = decimal 65534 = 0xFEFF and Data chunk
- Provenance
- MultimediaWiki. WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
52494646{4}57415645666D7420{4}FEFF{38-*}64617461- Endianness
- Big-endian
Changelog
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V108
- Release date
- 5 September 2022
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Updated
Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE): Priority added over fmt/142. Submitted by Preservica.
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V88
- Release date
- 27 September 2016
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Updated
Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE): Adjusted signature due to findings from Archives New Zealand. Slightly adjusted description.
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V63
- Release date
- 29 August 2012
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Updated
Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE): Minor correction to previous signature.
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V62
- Release date
- 28 August 2012
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Updated
Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE): Existing signature refined through PRONOM Research.
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V59
- Release date
- 21 March 2012
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Updated
Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE): Priority set to avoid multiple identification with Waveform Audio Format.
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V58
- Release date
- 21 March 2012
-
Added signature
Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE): Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.