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Details for: Apple Core Audio Format 1.0

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Summary
Name	Apple Core Audio Format
Version	1.0
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/416
Family
Classification	Audio
Disclosure
Description	Apple’s Core Audio Format is a file format for storing and manipulating digital audio data. It is fully supported by Core Audio APIs on Mac OS X v10.4 and later and on Mac OS X v10.3 with QuickTime 7 or later. CAF provides high performance and flexibility, and is scalable to future ultra-high resolution audio recording, editing, and playback. CAF files have several advantages over other standard audio file formats: • Unrestricted File Size • Safe and Efficient Recording • Support For Many Data Formats • Support For Many Types of Auxiliary Data • Support of Data Dependencies
Orientation
Byte order	Big-endian (Motorola)
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released	04 Jun 2005
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	Apple Computer, Inc.
Supported by	Apple Computer, Inc.
Source	Georgia Tech Research Institute / Georgia Tech Research Institute
Source date	11 Jun 2012
Source description	http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/MusicAudio/Reference/CAFSpec/CAFSpec.pdf
Last updated	19 Jul 2013
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