Table illustrating the file structure of a WAV file

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Field	bytes	format	contains
1	0...3	str4	"RIFF" in ASCII
2	4...7	int4	Total bytes minus 8
3	8...15	str4	"WAVEfmt" Eigth character is a space
4	16...19	int4	16 for PCM format
5	20...21	int2	1 for PCM format
6	22...23	int2	channels
7	24...27	int4	sampling frequency
8	28...31	int4	bytes per second
9	32...33	int2	bytes by capture
10	34...35	int2	bits per sample
11	36:39	str4	"data"
12	40:43	int4	bytes in data