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'''BWF''' is used for broadcast exchange and as an archival format for first-generation (master) audio files.  [[BWF]] extends the [[WAV]] standard with a mandatory metadata chunk and restricts the audio datastream to Linear PCM or MPEG forms.
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'''BWF''' is used for broadcast exchange and as an archival format for first-generation (master) audio files.  [[BWF]] extends the [[WAV]] standard with a mandatory metadata chunk and restricts the audio datastream to Linear PCM ([[LPCM]]) or MPEG forms.
  
 
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Revision as of 18:11, 26 November 2012

File Format
Name BWF
Ontology
Extension(s) .wav
MIME Type(s) audio/x-wav
PRONOM fmt/2

BWF is used for broadcast exchange and as an archival format for first-generation (master) audio files. BWF extends the WAV standard with a mandatory metadata chunk and restricts the audio datastream to Linear PCM (LPCM) or MPEG forms.

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