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<PRONOM-Report xmlns="http://pronom.nationalarchives.gov.uk">
  <report_format_detail>
    <FileFormat>
      <FormatID>1512</FormatID>
      <FormatName>RF64 Multichannel Broadcast Wave format</FormatName>
      <FormatVersion> </FormatVersion>
      <FormatAliases>MBWF</FormatAliases>
      <FormatFamilies>WAVE</FormatFamilies>
      <FormatTypes>Audio</FormatTypes>
      <FormatDisclosure> </FormatDisclosure>
      <FormatDescription>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).

An RF64 file containing the bext chunk becomes a Multichannel Broadcast Wave format. Further research is required to better understand this format. Users with samples are encouraged to contact the PRONOM team.</FormatDescription>
      <BinaryFileFormat> </BinaryFileFormat>
      <ByteOrders> </ByteOrders>
      <ReleaseDate> </ReleaseDate>
      <WithdrawnDate> </WithdrawnDate>
      <ProvenanceSourceID>178</ProvenanceSourceID>
      <ProvenanceName>National Library of New Zealand / National Library of New Zealand</ProvenanceName>
      <ProvenanceSourceDate>11 Feb 2015</ProvenanceSourceDate>
      <ProvenanceDescription> </ProvenanceDescription>
      <LastUpdatedDate>11 Feb 2015</LastUpdatedDate>
      <FileFormatIdentifier>
        <Identifier>fmt/713</Identifier>
        <IdentifierType>PUID</IdentifierType>
      </FileFormatIdentifier>
      <ExternalSignature>
        <ExternalSignatureID> </ExternalSignatureID>
        <Signature>wav</Signature>
        <SignatureType>File extension</SignatureType>
      </ExternalSignature>
      <ExternalSignature>
        <ExternalSignatureID> </ExternalSignatureID>
        <Signature>rf64</Signature>
        <SignatureType>File extension</SignatureType>
      </ExternalSignature>
      <InternalSignature>
        <SignatureID>1039</SignatureID>
        <SignatureName>RF64 MBWF</SignatureName>
        <SignatureNote>BOF: RF64{4}WAVEds64 with bext chunk following at indeterminate point. Further research is required to refine this signature</SignatureNote>
        <ByteSequence>
          <ByteSequenceID>1</ByteSequenceID>
          <PositionType>Absolute from BOF</PositionType>
          <Offset>0</Offset>
          <MaxOffset>0</MaxOffset>
          <IndirectOffsetLocation> </IndirectOffsetLocation>
          <IndirectOffsetLength> </IndirectOffsetLength>
          <Endianness> </Endianness>
          <ByteSequenceValue>52463634{4}5741564564733634*62657874</ByteSequenceValue>
        </ByteSequence>
      </InternalSignature>
      <RelatedFormat>
        <RelationshipType>Has priority over</RelationshipType>
        <RelatedFormatID>1511</RelatedFormatID>
        <RelatedFormatName>RF64</RelatedFormatName>
        <RelatedFormatVersion> </RelatedFormatVersion>
      </RelatedFormat>
    </FileFormat>
  </report_format_detail>
</PRONOM-Report>