<s>
8-Bit	O
Sampled	O
Voice	O
(	O
8SVX	B-Operating_System
)	O
is	O
an	O
audio	O
file	O
format	O
standard	O
developed	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
computer	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
data	O
subtype	O
of	O
the	O
IFF	B-Device
file	O
container	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
typically	O
contains	O
linear	B-Algorithm
pulse-code	I-Algorithm
modulation	I-Algorithm
(	O
LPCM	B-Algorithm
)	O
digital	O
audio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
8SVX	B-Operating_System
subtype	O
stores	O
8-bit	O
audio	O
data	O
within	O
chunks	B-General_Concept
contained	O
within	O
an	O
IFF	B-Device
file	O
container	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
8SVX	B-Operating_System
subtypes	O
can	O
exist	O
alone	O
within	O
IFF	B-Device
file	O
containers	O
(	O
audio	O
only	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
can	O
be	O
multiplexed	B-Architecture
together	O
with	O
other	O
IFF	B-Device
subtypes	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
video	O
animation	O
streams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metadata	O
about	O
the	O
8SVX	B-Operating_System
data	O
stream	O
is	O
contained	O
in	O
separate	O
descriptor	O
chunks	B-General_Concept
that	O
come	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
data	O
body	O
chunk	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sample	O
rate	O
,	O
volume	O
and	O
compression	O
type	O
are	O
described	O
in	O
a	O
VHDR	O
chunk	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
other	O
chunks	B-General_Concept
are	O
available	O
to	O
describe	O
the	O
name	O
,	O
author	O
and	O
copyright	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
8SVX	B-Operating_System
supports	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
attack	O
,	O
release	O
and	O
section	O
repeat	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
useful	O
for	O
storage	O
of	O
musical	O
instrument	O
samples	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
example	O
layout	O
of	O
an	O
audio-only	O
8SVX	B-Operating_System
IFF	B-Device
audio	O
file	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
majority	O
of	O
8SVX	B-Operating_System
data	O
streams	O
are	O
encoded	O
using	O
uncompressed	O
linear	B-Algorithm
PCM	I-Algorithm
streams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Optionally	O
,	O
Fibonacci-delta	O
lossy	B-Algorithm
data	I-Algorithm
compression	I-Algorithm
is	O
also	O
available	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
a	O
50%	O
compression	O
ratio	O
at	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
decreased	O
fidelity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multi-byte	O
values	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
big-endian	O
format	O
,	O
the	O
native	O
byte	O
order	O
for	O
the	O
Motorola	B-Device
68000	I-Device
family	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
IFF-8SVX	B-Device
encoded	O
audio	O
was	O
the	O
default	O
audio	O
format	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
audio	O
programs	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
supported	O
the	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AmigaOS	B-Application
3.0	O
introduced	O
a	O
multimedia	B-Library
framework	I-Library
using	O
the	O
datatype	O
subsystem	O
that	O
included	O
an	O
8SVX	B-Operating_System
decoder	O
(	O
8SVX.datatype	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
sound	O
editing	O
programs	O
and	O
music	B-Application
tracker	I-Application
programs	O
of	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
and	O
early	O
1990s	O
supported	O
the	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
still	O
a	O
common	O
format	O
for	O
cross-platform	O
audio	O
editing	O
programs	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Sound	B-Operating_System
eXchange	I-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
8SVX	B-Operating_System
support	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
to	O
modern	O
programs	O
via	O
libavcodec	O
(	O
and	O
the	O
related	O
ffdshow	B-Language
codec	O
package	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
via	O
libsndfile	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
computer	O
series	O
never	O
received	O
native	O
hardware	O
support	O
for	O
16-bit	O
digital	O
audio	O
before	O
the	O
decline	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
superseded	O
8SVX	B-Operating_System
as	O
the	O
dominant	O
audio	O
subtype	O
for	O
IFF	B-Device
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
and	O
IBM	O
co-developed	O
the	O
RIFF	O
file	O
container	O
and	O
the	O
related	O
WAVE	O
audio	O
subtype	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
formats	O
are	O
heavily	O
influenced	O
by	O
the	O
IFF/8SVX	O
container	O
format	O
,	O
but	O
like	O
AIFF	O
,	O
were	O
extended	O
to	O
support	O
higher	O
bit-depths	O
and	O
additional	O
compression	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
