Format

RF64

Summary

Name

RF64

Identifiers

PUID: fmt/712

Format type

Audio

Family

WAVE

Description

RF64 is a Broadcast Wave compatible multichannel file format enabling file sizes to exceed 4 GB. The file format is based on the Microsoft RIFF/WAVE format and Wave Format Extensible for multichannel parameters. Additions are made to the basic specification to allow for more than 4 GB file sizes when needed (the new maximum filesize is now approximately 16 exabytes).

File extensions

wav, rf64

Source

National Library of New Zealand / National Library of New Zealand

Relationships

Has lower priority than

• RF64 Multichannel Broadcast Wave format

Internal signatures

Changelog

• Updated in V88

  Release date

  27 September 2016

  RF64: Amended signature due to observations by MIT Libraries.

• Added in V81

  Release date

  18 February 2015

  RF64: New signature submitted by National Library of New Zealand.

  RF64: Full entry added.