The Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) is a generic file container format for storing data in tagged chunks. It is primarily used to store multimedia such as sound and video, though it may also be used to store any arbitrary data.
The Microsoft implementation is mostly known through container formats like AVI, ANI and WAV, which use RIFF as their basis.
This page hosts a formal specification of Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) using Kaitai Struct. This specification can be automatically translated into a variety of programming languages to get a parsing library.
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/**
* The Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) is a generic file container format
* for storing data in tagged chunks. It is primarily used to store multimedia
* such as sound and video, though it may also be used to store any arbitrary data.
*
* The Microsoft implementation is mostly known through container formats
* like AVI, ANI and WAV, which use RIFF as their basis.
*/
namespace {
class Riff extends \Kaitai\Struct\Struct {
public function __construct(\Kaitai\Struct\Stream $_io, \Kaitai\Struct\Struct $_parent = null, \Riff $_root = null) {
parent::__construct($_io, $_parent, $_root);
$this->_read();
}
private function _read() {
$this->_m_chunk = new \Riff\Chunk($this->_io, $this, $this->_root);
}
protected $_m_chunkId;
public function chunkId() {
if ($this->_m_chunkId !== null)
return $this->_m_chunkId;
$this->_m_chunkId = $this->chunk()->id();
return $this->_m_chunkId;
}
protected $_m_isRiffChunk;
public function isRiffChunk() {
if ($this->_m_isRiffChunk !== null)
return $this->_m_isRiffChunk;
$this->_m_isRiffChunk = $this->chunkId() == \Riff\Fourcc::RIFF;
return $this->_m_isRiffChunk;
}
protected $_m_parentChunkData;
public function parentChunkData() {
if ($this->_m_parentChunkData !== null)
return $this->_m_parentChunkData;
if ($this->isRiffChunk()) {
$io = $this->chunk()->dataSlot()->_io();
$_pos = $io->pos();
$io->seek(0);
$this->_m_parentChunkData = new \Riff\ParentChunkData($io, $this, $this->_root);
$io->seek($_pos);
}
return $this->_m_parentChunkData;
}
protected $_m_subchunks;
public function subchunks() {
if ($this->_m_subchunks !== null)
return $this->_m_subchunks;
if ($this->isRiffChunk()) {
$io = $this->parentChunkData()->subchunksSlot()->_io();
$_pos = $io->pos();
$io->seek(0);
$this->_m_subchunks = [];
$i = 0;
while (!$io->isEof()) {
$this->_m_subchunks[] = new \Riff\ChunkType($io, $this, $this->_root);
$i++;
}
$io->seek($_pos);
}
return $this->_m_subchunks;
}
protected $_m_chunk;
public function chunk() { return $this->_m_chunk; }
}
}
namespace Riff {
class ListChunkData extends \Kaitai\Struct\Struct {
public function __construct(\Kaitai\Struct\Stream $_io, \Riff\ChunkType $_parent = null, \Riff $_root = null) {
parent::__construct($_io, $_parent, $_root);
$this->_read();
}
private function _read() {
if ($this->parentChunkDataOfs() < 0) {
$this->_m_saveParentChunkDataOfs = $this->_io->readBytes(0);
}
$this->_m_parentChunkData = new \Riff\ParentChunkData($this->_io, $this, $this->_root);
}
protected $_m_parentChunkDataOfs;
public function parentChunkDataOfs() {
if ($this->_m_parentChunkDataOfs !== null)
return $this->_m_parentChunkDataOfs;
$this->_m_parentChunkDataOfs = $this->_io()->pos();
return $this->_m_parentChunkDataOfs;
}
protected $_m_formType;
public function formType() {
if ($this->_m_formType !== null)
return $this->_m_formType;
$this->_m_formType = $this->parentChunkData()->formType();
return $this->_m_formType;
}
protected $_m_formTypeReadable;
public function formTypeReadable() {
if ($this->_m_formTypeReadable !== null)
return $this->_m_formTypeReadable;
$_pos = $this->_io->pos();
$this->_io->seek($this->parentChunkDataOfs());
$this->_m_formTypeReadable = \Kaitai\Struct\Stream::bytesToStr($this->_io->readBytes(4), "ASCII");
$this->_io->seek($_pos);
return $this->_m_formTypeReadable;
}
protected $_m_subchunks;
public function subchunks() {
if ($this->_m_subchunks !== null)
return $this->_m_subchunks;
$io = $this->parentChunkData()->subchunksSlot()->_io();
$_pos = $io->pos();
$io->seek(0);
$this->_m_subchunks = [];
$i = 0;
while (!$io->isEof()) {
switch ($this->formType()) {
case \Riff\Fourcc::INFO:
$this->_m_subchunks[] = new \Riff\InfoSubchunk($io, $this, $this->_root);
break;
default:
$this->_m_subchunks[] = new \Riff\ChunkType($io, $this, $this->_root);
break;
}
$i++;
}
$io->seek($_pos);
return $this->_m_subchunks;
}
protected $_m_saveParentChunkDataOfs;
protected $_m_parentChunkData;
public function saveParentChunkDataOfs() { return $this->_m_saveParentChunkDataOfs; }
public function parentChunkData() { return $this->_m_parentChunkData; }
}
}
namespace Riff {
class Chunk extends \Kaitai\Struct\Struct {
public function __construct(\Kaitai\Struct\Stream $_io, \Kaitai\Struct\Struct $_parent = null, \Riff $_root = null) {
parent::__construct($_io, $_parent, $_root);
$this->_read();
}
private function _read() {
$this->_m_id = $this->_io->readU4le();
$this->_m_len = $this->_io->readU4le();
$this->_m__raw_dataSlot = $this->_io->readBytes($this->len());
$_io__raw_dataSlot = new \Kaitai\Struct\Stream($this->_m__raw_dataSlot);
$this->_m_dataSlot = new \Riff\Chunk\Slot($_io__raw_dataSlot, $this, $this->_root);
$this->_m_padByte = $this->_io->readBytes(\Kaitai\Struct\Stream::mod($this->len(), 2));
}
protected $_m_id;
protected $_m_len;
protected $_m_dataSlot;
protected $_m_padByte;
protected $_m__raw_dataSlot;
public function id() { return $this->_m_id; }
public function len() { return $this->_m_len; }
public function dataSlot() { return $this->_m_dataSlot; }
public function padByte() { return $this->_m_padByte; }
public function _raw_dataSlot() { return $this->_m__raw_dataSlot; }
}
}
namespace Riff\Chunk {
class Slot extends \Kaitai\Struct\Struct {
public function __construct(\Kaitai\Struct\Stream $_io, \Riff\Chunk $_parent = null, \Riff $_root = null) {
parent::__construct($_io, $_parent, $_root);
$this->_read();
}
private function _read() {
}
}
}
namespace Riff {
class ParentChunkData extends \Kaitai\Struct\Struct {
public function __construct(\Kaitai\Struct\Stream $_io, \Kaitai\Struct\Struct $_parent = null, \Riff $_root = null) {
parent::__construct($_io, $_parent, $_root);
$this->_read();
}
private function _read() {
$this->_m_formType = $this->_io->readU4le();
$this->_m__raw_subchunksSlot = $this->_io->readBytesFull();
$_io__raw_subchunksSlot = new \Kaitai\Struct\Stream($this->_m__raw_subchunksSlot);
$this->_m_subchunksSlot = new \Riff\ParentChunkData\Slot($_io__raw_subchunksSlot, $this, $this->_root);
}
protected $_m_formType;
protected $_m_subchunksSlot;
protected $_m__raw_subchunksSlot;
public function formType() { return $this->_m_formType; }
public function subchunksSlot() { return $this->_m_subchunksSlot; }
public function _raw_subchunksSlot() { return $this->_m__raw_subchunksSlot; }
}
}
namespace Riff\ParentChunkData {
class Slot extends \Kaitai\Struct\Struct {
public function __construct(\Kaitai\Struct\Stream $_io, \Riff\ParentChunkData $_parent = null, \Riff $_root = null) {
parent::__construct($_io, $_parent, $_root);
$this->_read();
}
private function _read() {
}
}
}
/**
* All registered subchunks in the INFO chunk are NULL-terminated strings,
* but the unregistered might not be. By convention, the registered
* chunk IDs are in uppercase and the unregistered IDs are in lowercase.
*
* If the chunk ID of an INFO subchunk contains a lowercase
* letter, this chunk is considered as unregistered and thus we can make
* no assumptions about the type of data.
*/
namespace Riff {
class InfoSubchunk extends \Kaitai\Struct\Struct {
public function __construct(\Kaitai\Struct\Stream $_io, \Riff\ListChunkData $_parent = null, \Riff $_root = null) {
parent::__construct($_io, $_parent, $_root);
$this->_read();
}
private function _read() {
if ($this->chunkOfs() < 0) {
$this->_m_saveChunkOfs = $this->_io->readBytes(0);
}
$this->_m_chunk = new \Riff\Chunk($this->_io, $this, $this->_root);
}
protected $_m_chunkData;
public function chunkData() {
if ($this->_m_chunkData !== null)
return $this->_m_chunkData;
$io = $this->chunk()->dataSlot()->_io();
$_pos = $io->pos();
$io->seek(0);
switch ($this->isUnregisteredTag()) {
case false:
$this->_m_chunkData = \Kaitai\Struct\Stream::bytesToStr($io->readBytesTerm(0, false, true, true), "UTF-8");
break;
}
$io->seek($_pos);
return $this->_m_chunkData;
}
protected $_m_isUnregisteredTag;
/**
* Check if chunk_id contains lowercase characters ([a-z], ASCII 97 = a, ASCII 122 = z).
*/
public function isUnregisteredTag() {
if ($this->_m_isUnregisteredTag !== null)
return $this->_m_isUnregisteredTag;
$this->_m_isUnregisteredTag = (( ((ord($this->idChars()[0]) >= 97) && (ord($this->idChars()[0]) <= 122)) ) || ( ((ord($this->idChars()[1]) >= 97) && (ord($this->idChars()[1]) <= 122)) ) || ( ((ord($this->idChars()[2]) >= 97) && (ord($this->idChars()[2]) <= 122)) ) || ( ((ord($this->idChars()[3]) >= 97) && (ord($this->idChars()[3]) <= 122)) )) ;
return $this->_m_isUnregisteredTag;
}
protected $_m_idChars;
public function idChars() {
if ($this->_m_idChars !== null)
return $this->_m_idChars;
$_pos = $this->_io->pos();
$this->_io->seek($this->chunkOfs());
$this->_m_idChars = $this->_io->readBytes(4);
$this->_io->seek($_pos);
return $this->_m_idChars;
}
protected $_m_chunkIdReadable;
public function chunkIdReadable() {
if ($this->_m_chunkIdReadable !== null)
return $this->_m_chunkIdReadable;
$this->_m_chunkIdReadable = \Kaitai\Struct\Stream::bytesToStr($this->idChars(), "ASCII");
return $this->_m_chunkIdReadable;
}
protected $_m_chunkOfs;
public function chunkOfs() {
if ($this->_m_chunkOfs !== null)
return $this->_m_chunkOfs;
$this->_m_chunkOfs = $this->_io()->pos();
return $this->_m_chunkOfs;
}
protected $_m_saveChunkOfs;
protected $_m_chunk;
public function saveChunkOfs() { return $this->_m_saveChunkOfs; }
public function chunk() { return $this->_m_chunk; }
}
}
namespace Riff {
class ChunkType extends \Kaitai\Struct\Struct {
public function __construct(\Kaitai\Struct\Stream $_io, \Kaitai\Struct\Struct $_parent = null, \Riff $_root = null) {
parent::__construct($_io, $_parent, $_root);
$this->_read();
}
private function _read() {
if ($this->chunkOfs() < 0) {
$this->_m_saveChunkOfs = $this->_io->readBytes(0);
}
$this->_m_chunk = new \Riff\Chunk($this->_io, $this, $this->_root);
}
protected $_m_chunkOfs;
public function chunkOfs() {
if ($this->_m_chunkOfs !== null)
return $this->_m_chunkOfs;
$this->_m_chunkOfs = $this->_io()->pos();
return $this->_m_chunkOfs;
}
protected $_m_chunkId;
public function chunkId() {
if ($this->_m_chunkId !== null)
return $this->_m_chunkId;
$this->_m_chunkId = $this->chunk()->id();
return $this->_m_chunkId;
}
protected $_m_chunkIdReadable;
public function chunkIdReadable() {
if ($this->_m_chunkIdReadable !== null)
return $this->_m_chunkIdReadable;
$_pos = $this->_io->pos();
$this->_io->seek($this->chunkOfs());
$this->_m_chunkIdReadable = \Kaitai\Struct\Stream::bytesToStr($this->_io->readBytes(4), "ASCII");
$this->_io->seek($_pos);
return $this->_m_chunkIdReadable;
}
protected $_m_chunkData;
public function chunkData() {
if ($this->_m_chunkData !== null)
return $this->_m_chunkData;
$io = $this->chunk()->dataSlot()->_io();
$_pos = $io->pos();
$io->seek(0);
switch ($this->chunkId()) {
case \Riff\Fourcc::LIST:
$this->_m_chunkData = new \Riff\ListChunkData($io, $this, $this->_root);
break;
}
$io->seek($_pos);
return $this->_m_chunkData;
}
protected $_m_saveChunkOfs;
protected $_m_chunk;
public function saveChunkOfs() { return $this->_m_saveChunkOfs; }
public function chunk() { return $this->_m_chunk; }
}
}
namespace Riff {
class Fourcc {
const RIFF = 1179011410;
const INFO = 1330007625;
const LIST = 1414744396;
}
}