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My WAV is over 4 GB or multichannel with ADM metadata: should I write RF64 or BW64, and how does the file say which it is?

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BW64 (BS.2088-2) and RF64 (EBU 3306) share the ds64/64-bit-size mechanism and JUNK reservation; the EBU itself directs implementers to BS.2088 exclusively; BW64 removes RF64's 18-position channel mask and carries ADM via chna/axml; the top-level ID, not the .wav extension, distinguishes them.

BW64 (BS.2088-2) and RF64 (EBU 3306) share the ds64/64-bit-size mechanism and JUNK reservation; the EBU itself directs implementers to BS.2088 exclusively; BW64 removes RF64's 18-position channel mask and carries ADM via chna/axml; the top-level ID, not the .wav extension, distinguishes them. Curator qualifications: Pages and standards read 2026-10-22; no audio files measured or converted. ITU status (in force) per producer status-page read (S16 not re-fetched). Limitations: Pages and standards read 2026-10-22; no audio files measured or converted. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-BS.2088",
      "note": "ITU-R BS.2088-2 (11/2025) PDF (bytes equal pin), Annex 1 s2.4-2.5; EBU Tech 3306 v2 (June 2018) PDF (bytes equal pin), s2"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec/bs/R-REC-BS.2088-2-202511-I!!PDF-E.pdf",
      "note": "ITU-R BS.2088-2 (11/2025) PDF (bytes equal pin), Annex 1 s2.4-2.5; EBU Tech 3306 v2 (June 2018) PDF (bytes equal pin), s2"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/tech/tech3306.pdf",
      "note": "ITU-R BS.2088-2 (11/2025) PDF (bytes equal pin), Annex 1 s2.4-2.5; EBU Tech 3306 v2 (June 2018) PDF (bytes equal pin), s2"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

  • [sourced_fact] BW64 (BS.2088-2) and RF64 (EBU 3306) share the ds64/64-bit-size mechanism and JUNK reservation; the EBU itself directs implementers to BS.2088 exclusively; BW64 removes RF64's 18-position channel mask and carries ADM via chna/axml; the top-level ID, not the .wav extension, distinguishes them. · locator: ITU-R BS.2088-2 (11/2025) PDF (bytes equal pin), Annex 1 s2.4-2.5; EBU Tech 3306 v2 (June 2018) PDF (bytes equal pin), s2 source

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