XA Audio

XA

• Format Type : Audio
  
• Endian Order : Little Endian
  

Format Specifications

 
// XA file format 

// little endian

//header
4 bytes (char) - magic // "RIFF"
4 bytes (uint32) - filesize - 8
8 bytes (char) - XA ID string // "CDXAfmt "
4 bytes (uint32) - size of next block
16 bytes - some block // "=UXA"
4 bytes (char) - data ID string " // "data"
4 bytes (uint32) - size of data

// Note: num_of_sectors can be calculated 
// like this: size_of_data / 2352

//audio data (2352 bytes per entry)
num_of_sectors *
{
   24 bytes - sync + header + submode + subheader
   128*18 bytes - sound groups  // 128 bytes per sound group
   24 bytes - unused + edc
}

Related Structures

 
// ADPCM RAW sector file format

MultiEx BMS Script

Not written yet.

Notes and Comments

• PlayStation 1 audio files.

Games

List of games using this file format:

• Urban Chaos
• MediEvil
• Many more...

Compatible Programs

• CDXATOOL
• CDXAUtil
• xa2wav
• XA2WAVE
• xacopy
• XAEX
• xaplay
• XA Audio Converter
• PSound