10 Jan
2005
10 Jan
'05
6:31 a.m.
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 09:39:07 +0100, Andreas Kuckartz wrote:
Steve Harris wrote:
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
[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.