(en) UER, « Tech 3306 - MBWF / RF64 : An extended File Format for Audio » [PDF], : « The reason for the 4 Gbyte barrier is the 32-bit addressing in RIFF/WAVE and BWF. With 32 bits a maximum of 4 294 967 296 bytes = 4 Gbyte can be addressed. », p. 7
(en) IBM Corporation & Microsoft Corporation, Multimedia Programming Interface and Data Specifications 1.0 (Standard RIFF et WAVE), (lire en ligne), «Programs must expect (and ignore) any unknown chunks encountered, as with all RIFF forms. However, <fmt-ck> must always occur before <wave-data>, and both of these chunks are mandatory in a WAVE file.» p.56
