CONTENTS

Recommendation ITU-R BS.1352-4
Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
Annex 1  Specification of the broadcast wave format   A format for audio data files in broadcasting
 1     Introduction
        1.1     Normative provisions
 2     Broadcast wave format (BWF) file
        2.1     Contents of a broadcast wave format file
        2.2     Existing chunks defined as part of the RIFF standard
        2.3     Broadcast audio extension chunk
        2.4     Universal broadcast audio extension chunk
Attachment 1  to Annex 1 (Informative)  RIFF WAVE (.WAV) file format
 1     Waveform audio file format (WAVE)
        1.1     WAVE format chunk
        1.2     WAVE format categories
 2     PCM format
        2.1     Data packing for PCM WAVE files
        2.2     Data format of the samples
        2.3     Examples of PCM WAVE files
        2.4     Storage of WAVE data
        2.5     Fact chunk
        2.6     Other optional chunks
 3     Other WAVE types
        3.1     General information
        3.2     Fact chunk
Attachment 2  to Annex 1 (Informative)  Specification of the format for <CodingHistory> field
Attachment 3  to Annex 1  (Informative)  Definition of the format for “Unique” Source Identifier (USID)  for use in the <OriginatorReference> field
Attachment 4  to Annex 1 (Informative)  Definition of an optional peak envelop Level chunk <levl -ck> to the BWF
 1     Terminology
        1.1     Generation of peak values
 2     Peak envelope chunk
        2.1     Elements of the “levl” chunk
        2.2     Format of a peak point
        2.3     Multichannel peak files
        2.4     Synchronization with the audio file
        2.5     Byte order
Attachment 5  to Annex 1  (Informative)  Definition of an optional Link chunk <link-ck> to the BWF
Introduction
 1     Terminology
 2     Link chunk structure
       2.1      Overview
       2.2      XML data structure in <xmlData> variable data field
       2.3      DTD for XML structure of the <link> chunk
 3     Renaming of linked files
       3.1      <link> chunk of “Sinatra_1.wav”
       3.2      <link> chunk of “Sinatra_2.wav”
       3.3      <link> chunk of “Sinatra_3.wav”
Attachment 6  to Annex 1  (Normative)  Filename conventions
 1     General
 2     File-name length
 3     File-name extension
 4     File-name character set
Annex 2  Specification of the broadcast wave format with MPEG-1 audio  A format for audio data files in broadcasting
 1     Introduction
 2     MPEG audio
        2.1     MPEG audio extension chunk
Attachment 1  to Annex 2 (Informative)  RIFF WAVE (.WAV) file format
 1     MPEG-1 audio (audio-only)
        1.1     Fact chunk
        1.2     WAVE format header
        1.3     Flags used in data fields
        1.4     Audio data in MPEG files
                  1.4.1     MPEG audio frames
                  1.4.2     Encoding
                  1.4.3     Decoding
        1.5     Ancillary data
Annex 3  Specification of the BWF  A format for audio data files in broadcasting  METADATA SPECIFICATIONS
 1     Introduction
 2     Capturing report
        2.1     Syntax of the capturing report
 3     CodingHistory field in the <bext> chunk
 4     Quality Chunk
        4.1     Elements of the Quality Chunk
 5     Examples of capturing reports
        5.1     Digitization process of analogue material
        5.2     Capturing process of a compact disc
        5.3     Capturing process of a DAT cassette