Summary
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| Name |
Apple Core Audio Format |
| Version |
1.0 |
| Other names |
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| Identifiers |
PUID:
fmt/416
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| Family |
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| Classification |
Audio |
| Disclosure |
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| Description |
Apple’s Core Audio Format is a file format for storing and manipulating digital audio data. It is fully supported by Core Audio APIs on Mac OS X v10.4 and later and on Mac OS X v10.3 with QuickTime 7 or later. CAF provides high performance and flexibility, and is scalable to future ultra-high resolution audio recording, editing, and playback. CAF files have several advantages over other standard audio file formats:
• Unrestricted File Size
• Safe and Efficient Recording
• Support For Many Data Formats
• Support For Many Types of Auxiliary Data
• Support of Data Dependencies |
| Orientation |
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| Byte order |
Big-endian (Motorola) |
| Related file formats |
None.
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| Technical Environment |
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| Released |
04 Jun 2005 |
| Supported until |
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| Format Risk |
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| Developed by |
 Apple Computer, Inc.
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| Supported by |
Apple Computer, Inc.
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| Source |
Georgia Tech Research Institute / Georgia Tech Research Institute
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| Source date |
11 Jun 2012 |
| Source description |
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/MusicAudio/Reference/CAFSpec/CAFSpec.pdf |
| Last updated |
19 Jul 2013 |
| Note |
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Details: File format summary
: detailed report on file format 
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