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.
- File extensions
-
wav,wave - Source
- 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)
- Note
- RIFF header, WAVE ID, Format chunk, chunk length GTE 40, wformat Tag = decimal 65534 = 0xFEFF and Data chunk
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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Updated in V108
- Release date
- 5 September 2022
Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE): Priority added over fmt/142. Submitted by Preservica.
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Updated in V88
- Release date
- 27 September 2016
Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE): Adjusted signature due to findings from Archives New Zealand. Slightly adjusted description.
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Updated in V63
- Release date
- 29 August 2012
Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE): Minor correction to previous signature.
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Updated in V62
- Release date
- 28 August 2012
Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE): Existing signature refined through PRONOM Research.
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Updated in V59
- Release date
- 21 March 2012
Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE): Priority set to avoid multiple identification with Waveform Audio Format.
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Added in V58
- Release date
- 21 March 2012
Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE): Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.