AIFF
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Audio Interchange File Format is a file format standard used for storing audio data on PCs. The format was co-developed by Apple based on Electronic Arts Interchange File Format (IFF) and is most commonly used on Apple Macintosh computer systems.
The audio data in an AIFF file is uncompressed so the files tend to be much larger than files that use lossless or lossy compression formats such as APE and MP3.
An AIFF file is divided into a number of chunks. Each chunk is identified by a chunk ID known as a OSType.
Types of chunks found in AIFF files:
- Common Chunk (required)
- Sound Data Chunk (required)
- Marker Chunk
- Instrument Chunk
- Comment Chunk
- Name Chunk
- Author Chunk
- Copyright Chunk
- Annotation Chunk
- Audio Recording Chunk
- MIDI Data Chunk
- Application Chunk