File does not start with RIFF header

Classification

Validator	Validator version	Error message type
jhove

File format

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Description

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Analyses

Analysis

Is it a bug in the validating software? - no

Possible solutions

Output example

"<?xml version=\""1.0\"" encoding=\""UTF-8\""?>\n<jhove xmlns:xsi=\""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"" xmlns=\""http://schema.openpreservation.org/ois/xml/ns/jhove\"" xsi:schemaLocation=\""http://schema.openpreservation.org/ois/xml/ns/jhove https://schema.openpreservation.org/ois/xml/xsd/jhove/1.8/jhove.xsd\"" name=\""Jhove\"" release=\""1.24.1\"" date=\""2020-03-16\"">\n <date>2023-10-10T11:32:16+00:00</date>\n <repInfo uri=\""missing-RIFF-start.wav\"">\n  <reportingModule release=\""1.8.1\"" date=\""2019-12-10\"">WAVE-hul</reportingModule>\n  <lastModified>2023-10-04T08:14:16+00:00</lastModified>\n  <size>83</size>\n  <status>Not well-formed</status>\n  <messages>\n   <message offset=\""0\"" severity=\""error\"" id=\""WAVE-HUL-1\"">File does not start with RIFF header</message>\n  </messages>\n </repInfo>\n</jhove>\n"

Notes on the error

Related errors by source files

ffmpeg: Error while decoding stream .* Invalid data found when processing input
ffprobe:        Error opening filters!
ffprobe:        Invalid data found when processing input
jhove:  Chunk ID contains space before printable characters
jhove:  File does not start with RIFF header
jhove:  Invalid chunk size
mediainfo:      No audio or video tracks found.
unknown:        Unknown list type in Associated Data List chunk: Type = "INFO"

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