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*Samples: http://www.sonic.net/~thorn/KROS/hotwave.htm
* Extension: vmf (media, actually a [[WAV]] file), vmd (web reference)
*Samples: http://web.archive.org/web/19970214031754/http://www.itnet.com/audio.htm
* Codec ID: 0x7150
*Extension: .vmd
* Company (archived): VocalTec ( http://web.archive.org/web/19961225003614/www.vocaltec.com/iwave.htm )
* Samples: http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/A-codecs/vocaltec-internet-wave/
* MIME types:
** vmf: application/vocaltec-media-file
** vmd: application/vocaltec-media-desc


Internet Wave files originated with a company named VocalTec and dates back to the very early days of multimedia on the web. It is likely a [[vocoder]] since it was also used in a VocalTec product named Internet Phone.
There are 2 formats at work. The first and most visible is VMD which is actually a plaintext file which directs a browser plugin to download the VMF file via HTTP. A VMD takes the format similar to:
[VMD]
Base=http://www.sonic.net/~thorn/KROS/hotwave/piano.vmf
Ver=1.0
Mood=Music
[Info]
Title=PianoRoom
Source=MIDI SMPTE PC studio
Author=Thorn Filipelli
Description=A grand piano in a large room, heard on the wind.
A VMF file is simply a [[WAV]] file with a codec ID of 0x7150.
== Screenshots ==
Screenshots provided for posterity:
Internet Wave player running under Windows 3.1:
[[Image:Internet-wave-player-win3.1.gif]]
Internet Phone application running under Windows 3.1:
[[Image:Internet-phone-win3.1.gif]]
[[Category:Audio Codecs]]
[[Category:Vocoders]]
[[Category:Formats missing in FFmpeg]]
[[Category:Formats missing in FFmpeg]]
[[Category:Formats missing in MPlayer]]
[[Category:Formats missing in MPlayer]]
[[Category:Audio Codecs]]

Latest revision as of 21:55, 22 September 2008

Internet Wave files originated with a company named VocalTec and dates back to the very early days of multimedia on the web. It is likely a vocoder since it was also used in a VocalTec product named Internet Phone.

There are 2 formats at work. The first and most visible is VMD which is actually a plaintext file which directs a browser plugin to download the VMF file via HTTP. A VMD takes the format similar to:

[VMD]
Base=http://www.sonic.net/~thorn/KROS/hotwave/piano.vmf
Ver=1.0
Mood=Music

[Info]
Title=PianoRoom
Source=MIDI SMPTE PC studio
Author=Thorn Filipelli
Description=A grand piano in a large room, heard on the wind.

A VMF file is simply a WAV file with a codec ID of 0x7150.

Screenshots

Screenshots provided for posterity:

Internet Wave player running under Windows 3.1:

Internet-wave-player-win3.1.gif

Internet Phone application running under Windows 3.1:

Internet-phone-win3.1.gif