Image::ExifTool::RIFF(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::RIFF(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Image::ExifTool::RIFF - Read RIFF/AVI/WAV meta information

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module contains routines required by Image::ExifTool to extract information from RIFF-based (Resource Interchange File Format) files, including AVI videos, WAV audio files and WEBP images.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# [REFERENCES](#REFERENCES)

<http://www.exif.org/Exif2-2.PDF>

<http://www.vlsi.fi/datasheets/vs1011.pdf>

<http://www.music-center.com.br/spec\_rif.htm>

<http://www.codeproject.com/audio/wavefiles.asp>

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/en-us/directx9\_c/directx/htm/avirifffilereference.asp>

<http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=TwoCC>

<https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/docs/riff\_container>

<https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/tech/tech3306-2009.pdf>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

"RIFF Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, [**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/man/os/exiftool/Image::ExifTool.3pm)

2026-07-15 perl v5.42.2

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Document: Image::ExifTool::RIFF(3pm) from exiftool 13.59-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool