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RIFF (AVI / WAV)

Microsoft Resource Interchange File Format used for AVI video and WAV audio files.

Standards: Microsoft RIFF Specification
30 elements

RIFF structure

Standard or specification: Microsoft RIFF Specification

Human-friendly nameSupport Level
RIFF Header
AVI List
AVI Chunk
WAV Chunk
WAV List
Chunk Alignment

AVI Headers

Standard or specification: Microsoft AVI Specification

Human-friendly nameSupport Level
Main AVI Header
Stream Header
Stream Format
Stream Name
Video Properties
OpenDML Extension

AVI Index

Standard or specification: Microsoft AVI Specification

Human-friendly nameSupport Level
Legacy Index
Extended Index

Media Formats

Standard or specification: Microsoft Multimedia Standards

Human-friendly nameSupport Level
BitmapInfoHeader Video Format
WaveFormatEx Audio Format
Subtitles

WAV Headers

Standard or specification: Microsoft RIFF/WAV Specification

Human-friendly nameSupport Level
Format Header
Fact Chunk
Data Chunk
Cue Points
Sampler
ID3 Tag

Broadcast Wave Format (BWF)

Standard or specification: EBU Tech 3285

Human-friendly nameSupport Level
Broadcast Audio Extension v0
Broadcast Audio Extension v1 with UMID
Broadcast Audio Extension v2 with Loudness
iXML Metadata
aXML Metadata
Unicode Broadcast Extension
ADM Channel Assignment