RIFFTagger

RIFFTagger is a companion utility that allows you to add/modify information tags for .wav files. Komorebi can take the tag information and use it for display.

The reason it's called RIFFTagger is because wave chunks are housed inside RIFF chunks. RIFF chunks can contain not only wave chunks, but also video chunks as well. In fact, AVI files are also RIFF files. By editing the INFO chunk you can add additional information. Over 25 info fields are defined, but I've only chosen to display/edit 5 fields relevant to me. More may be added in the future.

An easy way to see whether your RIFF file (wave or avi) has an INFO chunk is provided by Windows95/98 itself. Bring up the file property sheet, click on the "Details" tab and you'll see something like this:

Win95/98 File property sheet

RIFFTagger utility

Run RIFFTagger and you will be presented with a simple dialog box. Drag-and-drop a WAVE file to RIFFTagger and it will attempt to decode the wave file's info. If file info does not decode correctly and you did not make a backup, DO NOT CONTINUE EDITING! Most of all, DO NOT SAVE THE FILE! Bad things may happen. If you come across a file that can't be decoded. Perhaps you can share it with me so I can refine RIFFTagger.

Main dialog box

RIFFTagger utility

Operation of RIFFTagger is not guaranteed. And so far it will only work with WAVE files. Before operating on a wave file always back it up first. Also, I'm not doing length checking on input fields, so try not to type anything over 150 characters.