title: Failed to open file file.wav as a WAV due to: file does not start with RIFF id
body: <p>I am getting this error when trying to open a RIFF file (which as I understand it is a type of WAV) in python.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Failed to open file file.wav as a WAV due to: file does not start with RIFF id
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  <p>When I inspect it with various tools which leads me to believe that it <strong>is</strong> really a WAV / RIFF file.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ file file.wav 
  file.wav: MBWF/RF64 audio, stereo 96000 Hz
  
  
  $ file -i file.wav 
  file.wav: audio/x-wav; charset=binary
  
  
  
  
  $ mediainfo file.wav 
  General
  Complete name                            : file.wav
  Format                                   : Wave
  Format profile                           : RF64
  File size                                : 4.10 GiB
  Duration                                 : 2h 7mn
  Overall bit rate mode                    : Constant
  Overall bit rate                         : 4 608 Kbps
  
  Audio
  Format                                   : PCM
  Format settings, Endianness              : Little
  Format settings, Sign                    : Signed
  Codec ID                                 : 1
  Duration                                 : 2h 7mn
  Bit rate mode                            : Constant
  Bit rate                                 : 4 608 Kbps
  Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
  Sampling rate                            : 96.0 KHz
  Bit depth                                : 24 bits
  Stream size                              : 4.10 GiB (100%)
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