Format
Windows Media Metafile
Summary
- Name
- Windows Media Metafile
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/584
- Format type
- Text (Mark-up)
- Description
- A media metafile is a file that contains information about other files. A metafile can be used to list a group of media content files that are to be played in order. The .wax metafile references Windows Media files with .asf, .wma, or .wax file name extensions. The .wvx metafile references Windows Media files with .wma, .wmv, .wvx, or .wax file name extensions. The asx metafile references Windows Media files with .wma, .wax, .wmv, .wvx, .asf, or .asx file name extensions.
- File extensions
-
wmx,wax,wvx,asx - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
- Developed by
- Microsoft Corporation
- Supported by
- Microsoft Corporation
Internal signatures
Windows Media Metafile
- Note
- <(asx|ASX) (version|VERSION){0-1}={0-3}3{0-64}>
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 1
- Byte Sequence
3C(617378|415358)20(76657273696F6E|56455253494F4E){0-1}3D{0-3}33{0-64}3E- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Added in V70
- Release date
- 28 August 2013
Windows Media Metafile: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.
Windows Media Metafile: Outline Entry Added through PRONOM Research.