Sustainable Digital Formats for Audio

We learn about the Broadcast Wave File format for archival quality digitized sound files.

• Lectures

  • Sustainable file formats for audio
  • The Broadcast Wave Format

• References

  • IASA TC-04 sec. 2.8 File Formats.2009. pp.1-3. PDF
  • EBU Tech 3285. BWF specification. 2011. PDF
  • Recommendation ITU-R BS.2088. Long-form file format for the international exchange of audio programme materials with metadata. 2019. PDF
  • EBU Technical Recommendation R99-1999 ‘Unique’ Source Identifier (USID) for use in the Originator Reference field of the Broadcast Wave Format. PDF
  • AES31-2-2019 AES standard on digital audio - File format for transferring digital audio data between systems of different type and manufacture. [permission required], sec. 0 to sec. 4, Annex A, Annex B. PDF
  • FADGI Guidelines: Embedded Metadata in Broadcast WAVE Files.
  • Library of Congress. Sustainability of Digital Formats
  • Library of Congress. Sustainability of Digital Formats. WAVE Audio File Format.
  • Wikipedia articles

• Assignments

  • Exercise: Estimating audio file sizes
• Tools:
  • Peer-graded Assignment (Login Required)