195 Audio Interchange File Format (compressed) Audio The Audio Interchange File Format, Compressed (AIFF-C) provides a standard for storing uncompressed or compressed sampled sounds. The format can store monaural or multichannel sampled sounds in a range of sample rates and sample widths. The format is extensible to handle new compression types and application-specific data. Text 26 Aug 1991 180 The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration 02 Aug 2005 Further information about this file format can be obtained at http://www-mmsp.ece.mcgill.ca/documents/audioformats/aiff/docs/aiff-c.9.26.91.pdf 28 Aug 2012 audio/x-aiff MIME x-fmt/136 PUID aifc File extension 321 Audio Interchange File Format (Compressed) Starts like most IFF files (FORM) followed by four bytes that tell how many more bytes follow in the file followed by AIFC. 1 Absolute from BOF 0 Big-endian 464F524D{4}41494643 Has priority over 221 Interchange File