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'''RIFF''', the '''Resource Interchange File Format''', is a format which stores data as chunks. RIFF files may store audio in one chunk, video in another, and meta information in a third. It uses [[FourCC]]s to distinguish between different chunks and codecs.
 
'''RIFF''', the '''Resource Interchange File Format''', is a format which stores data as chunks. RIFF files may store audio in one chunk, video in another, and meta information in a third. It uses [[FourCC]]s to distinguish between different chunks and codecs.
  
RIFF files start with the magic id "RIFF".
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RIFF files start with the magic id "RIFF". RIFF is the underlying format for [[WAVE]] and [[AVI]] files.
 
 
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RIFF is the underlying format for [[WAVE]] and [[AVI]] files.
 
  
 
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[[Category:File and protocol types]]

Revision as of 02:31, 10 December 2011

RIFF, the Resource Interchange File Format, is a format which stores data as chunks. RIFF files may store audio in one chunk, video in another, and meta information in a third. It uses FourCCs to distinguish between different chunks and codecs.

RIFF files start with the magic id "RIFF". RIFF is the underlying format for WAVE and AVI files.