Format
Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF)
Summary
- Name
- Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF)
- Identifiers
-
- Library of Congress Format Description Identifier: fdd000025
- PUID: fmt/1886
- Format type
-
- Audio
- Video
- Description
- RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format) is a structured framework for multimedia files. Rather than being a precise file format, RIFF serves as a broader structure that encompasses specific file formats, including several subtypes. The fundamental component of a RIFF file is a chunk, identifiable by a unique four-character code. Applications such as viewers can bypass chunks with unfamiliar codes. A core RIFF chunk starts with a second distinctive four-character code identifying the specific RIFF variant or subtype. Applications rendering RIFF files can disregard chunks with unknown labels. Chunks can also be layered within each other. While the RIFF structure underpins several critical file formats, it has not been employed as the enclosing structure for any formats developed post the mid-1990s.
- Source
- New York Public Library / New York Public Library
Relationships
- Has lower priority than
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- CorelDraw Drawing 6.0
- Corel R.A.V.E. 1
- Corel Presentation Exchange File 5.0
- Corel Presentation Exchange File 6 and Later
- CD Audio
- CorelDraw Drawing 7.0
- CorelDraw Drawing 8.0
- CorelDraw Drawing 9.0
- CorelDraw Drawing 10.0
- CorelDraw Drawing 11.0
- CorelDraw Drawing 3.0
- Waveform Audio
- Audio/Video Interleaved Format
- Microsoft Animated Cursor Format
- CorelDraw Drawing 12.0
- CorelDraw Drawing X3
- Corel R.A.V.E. 2
- Corel R.A.V.E. 3
- CorelDraw Drawing 5.0
- CorelDraw Drawing 4.0
- WebP Lossy
- WebP Lossless
- WebP Extended
- RIFF Palette Format
- CD-ROM/XA (eXtended Architecture)
- Microsoft xWMA
- Downloadable Sounds Audio
- RIFF-based MIDI
- DirectMusic Segment File Format
- DirectMusic Style File Format
- QCP Audio File Format
- 4X Movie File
- CorelDraw Drawing 8 Bidi
- Melco OFM Project 11
- CD Architect Project File 4
Internal signatures
RIFF
- Note
- BOF:'RIFF'
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
52494646- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Added in V114
- Release date
- 22 August 2023
Resource Interleaved File Format (RIFF): Signature researched and samples provided by New York Public Libraries.
Resource Interleaved File Format (RIFF): Full entry added. Submitted by New York Public Libraries.