Resource Interchange File Format
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Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) is a generic file container format for storing data in tagged chunks.[2] It is primarily used for audio and video, though it can be used for arbitrary data.[3]
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Quick Facts Internet media type, Initial release ...
Internet media type | application/x-riff |
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Initial release | August 1991; 32 years ago (1991-08) |
Type of format | Container format |
Extended from | Interchange File Format |
Extended to | AVI, ANI, PAL, RDIB, RMIDI, RMMP, WAV |
Open format? | Yes |
Free format? | Yes[1] |
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The Microsoft implementation is mostly known through container formats like AVI, ANI and WAV, which use RIFF as their basis.[4]