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Summary
Name	Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE)
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Other names
Identifiers	MIME: audio/x-wav PUID: fmt/143
Family	WAVE
Classification	Audio
Disclosure
Description	Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEXTENSION) is an extended version of the Waveform Audio file format, and was developed by Microsoft. It is related to the Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEX) format, but is an even more extended version.
Orientation	Text
Byte order	Little-endian (Intel)
Related file formats	Has lower priority than Broadcast WAVE (1 Generic) Has lower priority than Broadcast WAVE (0 Generic) Has lower priority than Broadcast WAVE (2 Generic) Has lower priority than Broadcast WAVE (0 WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE Encoding) Has lower priority than Broadcast WAVE (1 WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE Encoding) Has lower priority than Broadcast WAVE (2 WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE Encoding) Has priority over Waveform Audio Has priority over Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEX) Is subsequent version of Waveform Audio (WAVEFORMATEX) Is subtype of Waveform Audio
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	01 Feb 2007
Source description
Last updated	25 Aug 2022
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