Stores mandatory information needed for decoding a SV8 file.
Representation is a compact binary representation with a fixed (but extendible) format.

Member of Basic Components of a SV8 Stream

Item	Size	typical/possible values
Preample	24 bit	{ 'M', 'P', '+' }
Streamversion	8 bit	0x08
Total Length of Header [Byte]	16 bit	80 . . . 8191
-	16 bit
Stream Flags (Link bits, hash calculated, guided)	32 bit
Subband width * 32 [Hertz]	16 bit	12000 . . . 48000
Number of maximum used subbands	6 bit	13 . . . 63
Number of subbands always using IS	5 bit	0 . . . 31
-	2 bit
Musepack Frames	32 bit	1 . . . 232 -1
-	16 bit
PCM samples per Channel	48 bit	0 . . . 1152*(232 -1)
-	16 bit
Filelength of Audio frames [Byte]	48 bit	1 . . . 8191 * (232 -1)
-	16 bit
Total file size [Byte]	48 bit	81 . . .
MD5Sum of original PCM file	128 bit	MD5-Hash °)
MD5Sum of all raw Audio frames	128 bit	MD5-Hash
Total Channel Count	8 bit	1 . . . 9
Front Channels	8 bit	1 . . . 5
Rear Channels	8 bit	0 . . . 3
Subwoofer Channels	8 bit	0 . . . 1
Reserved	24 bit
Profile	8 bit
Peak Title [Millibel]	16 bit	-327.68 . . . +327.67 dB
Peak Album [Millibel]	16 bit	-327.68 . . . +327.67 dB
Gain Title [Millibel]	16 bit	-327.68 . . . +327.67 dB
Gain Album [Millibel]	16 bit	-327.68 . . . +327.67 dB
Gain User [Millibel]	16 bit	-327.68 . . . +327.67 dB
. . .	. . .
Total Length of Header [Byte]	16 bit	80 . . . 8191
Postample	24 bit	{ 'M', 'P', 'C' }
Streamversion	8 bit	0x08
Header CRC	16 bit	CRC-16

°) Also useful as access key for external stored data