Notation Interchange File Format

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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
Notation Interchange File Format (NIFF) is a binary file format for storage and transfer of musical notation, based on the [[RIFF|Resource Interchange File Format]]. It was designed as part of a collaborative effort by a number of music software companies with the aim of creating a universal file format for musical notation.
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'''Notation Interchange File Format''' ('''NIFF''') is a binary file format for storage and transfer of musical notation, based on [[RIFF]] or [[RIFX]]. It was designed as part of a collaborative effort by a number of music software companies with the aim of creating a universal file format for musical notation.
  
 
While the NIFF format is still supported by a number of software packages, official development of the format has ceased and it is generally considered to be obsolete.
 
While the NIFF format is still supported by a number of software packages, official development of the format has ceased and it is generally considered to be obsolete.
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* [http://niffty.sourceforge.net/ NIFFTY] - a Java applet for displaying NIFF files on the web
 
* [http://niffty.sourceforge.net/ NIFFTY] - a Java applet for displaying NIFF files on the web
 
* [http://www.visiv.co.uk/niff.htm NIFF to text converter] - includes source code in [[C]]
 
* [http://www.visiv.co.uk/niff.htm NIFF to text converter] - includes source code in [[C]]
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== Sample files ==
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* [http://www.music-notation.info/en/formats/NIFF.html music-notation.info: NIFF] → [http://www.music-notation.info/niffsdk/MS_NIFF.zip MS_NIFF.zip]
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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* [http://www.music-notation.info/en/formats/NIFF.html NIFF] on music-notation.info. Includes sample files, SDK downloads, file format specifications and links to programs supporting the format
 
* [http://www.music-notation.info/en/formats/NIFF.html NIFF] on music-notation.info. Includes sample files, SDK downloads, file format specifications and links to programs supporting the format
 
* [http://people.bath.ac.uk/masjpf/maillists/rosegarden/msg00615.html Discussion] of the NIFF format on the [[Rosegarden]] mailing list
 
* [http://people.bath.ac.uk/masjpf/maillists/rosegarden/msg00615.html Discussion] of the NIFF format on the [[Rosegarden]] mailing list
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[[Category:RIFF based file formats]]

Latest revision as of 15:51, 6 October 2016

File Format
Name Notation Interchange File Format
Ontology
Extension(s) .nif
PRONOM fmt/974
Released 1995

Contents

[edit] Description

Notation Interchange File Format (NIFF) is a binary file format for storage and transfer of musical notation, based on RIFF or RIFX. It was designed as part of a collaborative effort by a number of music software companies with the aim of creating a universal file format for musical notation.

While the NIFF format is still supported by a number of software packages, official development of the format has ceased and it is generally considered to be obsolete.

There are / were two separate proposals for an XML-based NIFF format - NIFF XML and NIFFML

[edit] Information

[edit] Software

[edit] Sample files

[edit] Links

  • NIFF on music-notation.info. Includes sample files, SDK downloads, file format specifications and links to programs supporting the format
  • Discussion of the NIFF format on the Rosegarden mailing list
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