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The '''Waveform Audio File Format''' ('''WAV''' or '''WAVE''') is a widely used audio format, originally developed by Microsoft and IBM and based on the [[RIFF]] wrapper format. The usual audio encoding in a .wav file is [[LPCM]], considered an 'uncompressed' encoding. Because of large file sizes, WAV is not well-suited for distributing audio such as songs or podcasts. WAV is used in MS-Windows to store sounds used in applications. It is also used as an archival format for first-generation (master) files, often with a metadata chunk as specified in the Broadcast Wave ([[BWF]]) standard. | The '''Waveform Audio File Format''' ('''WAV''' or '''WAVE''') is a widely used audio format, originally developed by Microsoft and IBM and based on the [[RIFF]] wrapper format. The usual audio encoding in a .wav file is [[LPCM]], considered an 'uncompressed' encoding. Because of large file sizes, WAV is not well-suited for distributing audio such as songs or podcasts. WAV is used in MS-Windows to store sounds used in applications. It is also used as an archival format for first-generation (master) files, often with a metadata chunk as specified in the Broadcast Wave ([[BWF]]) standard. | ||
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| + | Files begin with bytes <code>'R' 'I' 'F' 'F' ?? ?? ?? ?? 'W' 'A' 'V' 'E'</code>. | ||
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* [[Exif]] | * [[Exif]] | ||
* [[WAV (Applications)]] – List of applications known to use WAV | * [[WAV (Applications)]] – List of applications known to use WAV | ||
Revision as of 19:32, 14 May 2018
The Waveform Audio File Format (WAV or WAVE) is a widely used audio format, originally developed by Microsoft and IBM and based on the RIFF wrapper format. The usual audio encoding in a .wav file is LPCM, considered an 'uncompressed' encoding. Because of large file sizes, WAV is not well-suited for distributing audio such as songs or podcasts. WAV is used in MS-Windows to store sounds used in applications. It is also used as an archival format for first-generation (master) files, often with a metadata chunk as specified in the Broadcast Wave (BWF) standard.
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Identification
Files begin with bytes 'R' 'I' 'F' 'F' ?? ?? ?? ?? 'W' 'A' 'V' 'E'.
See also
- Exif
- WAV (Applications) – List of applications known to use WAV
Specifications
- Format spec
- File format info
- Another file format info text file
- MSDN: Registered FOURCC Codes and WAVE Formats
- WAVE and AVI Codec Registries (Historic Registry)
Metaformat files
- Synalysis grammar file (for Hexinator / Synalize It!; more details)
