Format
Exchangeable Image File Format (Audio)
Summary
- Name
- Exchangeable Image File Format (Audio)
- Version
- 2.1
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: audio/x-wav
- PUID: x-fmt/389
- Format type
- Audio
- Family
- WAVE
- Description
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- Format encoding
- Binary
- File extensions
-
wav - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Relationships
- Has priority over
- Is previous version of
- Is subsequent version of
Internal signatures
EXIF Audio 2.1
- Description
- RIFF header, WAVE ID, Format chunk, LIST exif chunk (ever=2.1) and Data chunk
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
52494646{4}57415645*666D7420{4}(01|07|11)00*4C495354{4}6578696665766572{4}30323130*64617461- Endianness
- Little-endian