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 "id": "riff-midi",
 "name": "RIFF MIDI",
 "category": "audio",
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    "notes": "RIFF-based MIDI"
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    "name": "RIFF-based MIDI",
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   }
  ],
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  "loc_fdd": [
   "fdd000120"
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 "status": "unknown",
 "summary": "The RIFF-based MIDI file format was created by Microsoft Corporation in 1991. The file is a RIFF container holding a MIDI file which may also include a sound bank.",
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   "writes": false
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   "writes": false
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  {
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   "writes": false,
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   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
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   "name": "Windows Media Player, version 12",
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   "writes": false
  },
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   "name": "Windows Media Player, version 6.4",
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   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
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   "name": "Windows Media Player, version 7",
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   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
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   "name": "Windows Media Player, version 8",
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   "writes": false
  },
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   "name": "Windows Media Player, version 9",
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  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/RIFF_MIDI",
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   "name": "PRONOM fmt/956",
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  },
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   "name": "Wikidata Q27967383",
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   "ffw",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}