VAG (PS Single Waveform Data)

ADPCM waveform data of one sampled sound.

Overview

VAG is the PlayStation single waveform data format. It holds ADPCM-encoded data of a sampled sound such as a piano note, an explosion or music, and its typical extension in DOS is ".VAG". Several VAG files are managed as one group in a VAB file.¹

Structure

A VAG file has a 48-byte header (4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 12 + 16 bytes) followed by the waveform data. The header gives the data size in bytes and the sampling frequency and also holds a 16-byte name. The fields and their byte counts are shown below.¹

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