On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 09:39:07 +0100, Andreas Kuckartz wrote:
> Steve Harris wrote:
>
> > [OT] I have no idea why someone chose to add a required, fixed length file
> > length parameter to the WAV format, but they deserve a good wack with the
> > clue stick.
>
> WAV is based on the "Resource Interchange Format" (RIFF) and the RIFF header
> contains an entry for the file length. RIFF is a modification of IFF and IFF was
> created by Electronic Arts for the Amiga.
I remember IFF 8SVX from my Amiga days, and it was reasonable (if
pointless) then to add a file length field and assume files would be <
2GB, but there was no need for WAV to carry it on.
- Steve
Received on Mon Jan 10 16:15:21 2005
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