EN IEC 62942:2020

File format for professional transfer and exchange of digital audio data

IEC 62942:2019 specifies a file format for interchanging audio data between compliant equipment. It is primarily intended for audio applications in professional recording, production, post-production, and archiving. It is derived from the AES31-2 [2] but is also compatible with variant specifications including EBU Tech 3285 [3] to [10], ITU-R BR.1352-3-2007 [11] to [14], and the Japan Post Production Association's BWF-J [15]. This document contains the specification of the broadcast audio extension chunk and its use with PCM-coded audio data. Basic information on the RIFF format and how it can be extended to other types of audio data is given in Annex E. Details of the PCM WAVE format are also given in Annex A. An optional extended format, BWF-E, supports 64-bit addressing to permit file sizes greater than 4 GB.

Dateiformat für die professionelle Übertragung und den Austausch digitaler Audiodaten

Format de fichier pour le transfert et l'échange professionnels de données audionumériques

L'IEC 62942:2019 spécifie un format de fichier qui permet d'échanger des données audio entre des équipements conformes. Il vise principalement les applications audio en ce qui concerne l'enregistrement, la production, la postproduction et l'archivage professionnels. Il est obtenu à partir de l'AES31-2, mais est également compatible avec des spécifications proches, notamment l'EBU Tech 3285, l'ITU-R BR.1352-3-2007, et le BWF-J de la Japan Post Production Association. Le présent document contient la spécification du fragment d'extension audio pour diffusion et de son utilisation avec des données audio codées MIC. Des informations de base sur le format RIFF et sur la façon dont il peut être étendu à d'autres types de données audio sont données à l'Annexe E. Des détails sur le format WAVE MIC sont également donnés à l'Annexe A. Un format étendu facultatif, BWF-E, prend en charge l'adressage 64 bits pour permettre l'utilisation de fichiers dont la taille est supérieure à 4 Go.

Format datoteke za profesionalni prenos in izmenjavo digitalnih avdio podatkov (TA6) (IEC 62942:2019)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 05-Mar-2020
• Withdrawal Date: 15-Jan-2023
• ICS: 33.160.30 - Audio systems
• Technical Committee: CLC/SR 100 - Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 100 - IEC_TC_100
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 06-Mar-2020
• Completion Date: 06-Mar-2020
• Ref Project: SIST EN IEC 62942:2020 - File format for professional transfer and exchange of digital audio data (TA6) (IEC 62942:2019)

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN IEC 62942:2020
01-oktober-2020
Format datoteke za profesionalni prenos in izmenjavo digitalnih avdio podatkov
(TA6) (IEC 62942:2019)
File format for professional transfer and exchange of digital audio data (TA6) (IEC
62942:2019)
Dateiformat für die professionelle Übertragung und den Austausch digitaler Audiodaten
(IEC 62942:2019)
Format de fichier pour le transfert et l'échange professionnels de données
audionumériques (IEC 62942:2019)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 62942:2020
ICS:
33.160.99 Druga avdio, video in Other audio, video and
avdiovizuelna oprema audiovisual equipment
35.040.40 Kodiranje avdio, video, Coding of audio, video,
multimedijskih in multimedia and hypermedia
hipermedijskih informacij information
SIST EN IEC 62942:2020 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 62942

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2020
ICS 33.160.30

English Version
File format for professional transfer and exchange of digital
audio data
(IEC 62942:2019)
Format de fichier pour le transfert et l'échange Dateiformat für die professionelle Übertragung und den
professionnels de données audionumériques Austausch digitaler Audiodaten
(IEC 62942:2019) (IEC 62942:2019)
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European foreword
The text of document 100/3143/CDV, future edition 1 of IEC 62942, prepared by IEC/TC 100 "Audio,
video and multimedia systems and equipment", was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and
approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 62942:2020.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2020-10-16
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2023-01-16
document have to be withdrawn

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62942:2019 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following note has to be added for the standard indicated:
ISO 3166-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 3166-1


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Annex ZA
(normative)

Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European
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