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RIFF WAVE
Borewit edited this page Aug 19, 2017
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How to store metadata in RIFF/WAV files is not straight forward thing:
Looks like there are two options (which can be combined):
- Store metadata in the RIFF-LIST-INFO chunk
- Store metadata in non-standard, but better supported: RIFF/ID3v2.3
There is also some inconsistency in storing the ID3v2.3 chunk, some application use 'id3 ', others use 'ID3 '. This is how some applications handle the RIFF/WAV metadata:
| Mp3Tag v2.8 | Windows 10 Explorer | foobar2000 1.3.14 | Windows 10 Explorer Media Player | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reads RIFF/LIST-INFO | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ |
| Writes RIFF/LIST-INFO | ✔ | does not write | ✔ | does not write |
| Writes RIFF/ID3v2 | ✔ | does not write | ✔ | does not write |
| Reada RIFF/'id3 '/ID3v2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Reada RIFF/'ID3 '/ID3v2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Writes RIFF/ID3v2 chunk-id | 'ID3 ' | does not write | 'id3 ' | does not write |
Notice that I did not found a single application which was able read from the RIFF/INFO tag; although it is apparently written in addition to the ID3v2.3 chunk.
Useful stuff:
- Utility to visualize RIFF chunks: RIFF File Viewer
- RIFF Tags, RIFF Info Tags
- JEITA CP－3451C,
- Wiki: RIFF, Use of the INFO chunk