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RIFF files start with the magic id "RIFF". | RIFF files start with the magic id "RIFF". | ||
RIFF is the underlying format for [[WAVE]] and [[AVI]] files. | |||
[[Category:File and protocol types]] | |||
Revision as of 16:09, 20 March 2007
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".