Format

RIFF-based MIDI

Summary

Name: RIFF-based MIDI
Identifiers: PUID: fmt/956
Format type: Audio
Description: The RIFF-based MIDI file format was created by Microsoft Corporation in 1991. The file is a RIFF container holding a MIDI file which may also include a sound bank.
File extensions: rmi
Source: Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Developed by: Microsoft Corporation
Supported by: Microsoft Corporation

Relationships

Has priority over

Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF)

Internal signatures

RIFF-based MIDI

Note: BOF: RIFF{4}RMID Format description: https://www.aelius.com/njh/wavemetatools/doc/riffmci.pdf

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length: Absolute from BOF
Offset: 0
Max offset: 0
Byte Sequence: 52494646{4}524D4944
Endianness: None

Changelog

Updated in V114

Release date

22 August 2023

RIFF-based MIDI: Added priority over fmt/1886. Submitted by New York Public Libraries and Preservica.
Added in V88

Release date

27 September 2016

RIFF-based MIDI: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

RIFF-based MIDI: Full entry added.