RIFF Tags

Windows WAV and AVI files are RIFF format files. Meta information embedded in two types of RIFF LIST chunks: INFO and exif. As well, some information about the audio content is extracted from the fmt chunk.
Tag IDTag Name WritableValues / Notes
'LIST_INFO' Info - --> RIFF Info Tags
'LIST_exif' Exif - --> RIFF Exif Tags
'LIST_hdrl' Hdrl - --> RIFF Hdrl Tags
'fmt ' Format - --> RIFF Format Tags

RIFF Info Tags

Tag IDTag Name WritableValues / Notes
'IARL' ArchivalLocation N  
'IART' Artist N  
'ICMS' Commissioned N  
'ICMT' Comment N  
'ICOP' Copyright N  
'ICRD' DateCreated N  
'ICRP' Cropped N  
'IDIM' Dimensions N  
'IDPI' DotsPerInch N  
'IENG' Engineer N  
'IGNR' Genre N  
'IKEY' Keywords N  
'ILGT' Lightness N  
'IMED' Medium N  
'INAM' Title N  
'IPLT' NumColors N  
'IPRD' Product N  
'ISBJ' Subject N  
'ISFT' Software N  
'ISHP' Sharpness N  
'ISRC' Source N  
'ISRF' SourceForm N  
'ITCH' Technician N  

RIFF Exif Tags

Tag IDTag Name WritableValues / Notes
'ecor' Make N  
'emdl' Model N  
'emnt' MakerNotes N  
'erel' RelatedImageFile N  
'etim' TimeCreated N  
'eucm' UserComment N  
'ever' ExifVersion N  

RIFF Hdrl Tags

Tag IDTag Name WritableValues / Notes
'IDIT' DateTimeOriginal N  
'ISMP' TimeCode N  
'LIST_strl' Stream - --> RIFF Stream Tags
'avih' AVIHeader - --> RIFF AVIHeader Tags

RIFF Stream Tags

Tag IDTag Name WritableValues / Notes
'strh' StreamHeader - --> RIFF StreamHeader Tags
'strn' StreamName N  

RIFF StreamHeader Tags

IndexTag Name WritableValues / Notes
0 StreamType N 'auds' = Audio
'mids' = MIDI
'txts' = Text
'vids' = Video
1 Codec N  

RIFF AVIHeader Tags

IndexTag Name WritableValues / Notes
0 FrameRate N  
1 MaxDataRate N  
4 FrameCount N  
6 StreamCount N  
8 ImageWidth N  
9 ImageHeight N  

RIFF Format Tags

IndexTag Name WritableValues / Notes
0 Encoding N 0x1 = PCM
0x2 = ADPCM
0x3 = IEEE float
0x4 = VSELP
0x5 = IBM CVSD
0x6 = a-Law
0x7 = u-Law
0x8 = DTS
0x9 = DRM
0x10 = OKI-ADPCM
0x11 = IMA-ADPCM
0x12 = Mediaspace ADPCM
0x13 = Sierra ADPCM
0x14 = G723 ADPCM
0x15 = DIGISTD
0x16 = DIGIFIX
0x30 = Dolby AC2
0x31 = GSM610
0x3b = Rockwell ADPCM
0x3c = Rockwell DIGITALK
0x40 = G721 ADPCM
0x41 = G728 CELP
0x50 = MPEG
0x52 = RT24
0x53 = PAC
0x55 = MP3
0x64 = G726 ADPCM
0x65 = G722 ADPCM
0x101 = IBM u-Law
0x102 = IBM a-Law
0x103 = IBM ADPCM
0xffff = Development
1 NumChannels N  
2 SampleRate N  
4 AvgBytesPerSec N  
7 BitsPerSample N  

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(This document generated automatically by Image::ExifTool::BuildTagLookup)
Last revised May 24, 2006