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- From: chrisl@cbmvax.commodore.com (Christian Ludwig - CATS)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
- Subject: Re: Question on AIFF format
- Message-ID: <37142@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 21:25:14 GMT
- References: <1992Nov4.164321.29968@cognos.com> <1992Nov4.192112.29300@midway.uchicago.edu> <37064@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1992Nov16.190101.22751@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Reply-To: chrisl@cbmvax.commodore.com (Christian Ludwig - CATS)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- In article <1992Nov16.190101.22751@midway.uchicago.edu> dgc3@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- [stuff deleted]
- >similar to 8SVX, but the IFF documentation I have implies that proper
- >IFF FORMs must contain a 'BODY' chunk -- which AIFF doesn't. (It uses
- >the 'SSND' instead, which is identical in structure to 'BODY'.) Did I
- >misunderstand the IFF specification, or is it a new policy that FORMs
- >need not contain 'BODY' chunks?
- >
- >Thanks for clearing this up.
-
- Yes, you've mis-interpreted the IFF docs. Not all FORMs have to contain
- BODY chunks. By convention, many FORMs do, but it's certainly not a
- requirement. I can see how someone might get confused by this, since both
- ILBM & 8SVX (the 2 most common FORMs) have BODYs. Of course, other
- original EA FORMs (FTXT & SMUS) did not have BODYs.
-
- /// Christian Ludwig - Commodore CATS (chrisl@cbmvax.commodore.com)
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