diff --git a/wavinfo/wave_ixml_reader.py b/wavinfo/wave_ixml_reader.py
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+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+class WavIXMLFormat:
+    """
+    iXML recorder metadata, as defined by iXML 2.0
+    """
+    def __init__(xml):
+        self.source = xml
+        self.parsed = ET.fromstring(xml)
+
+    def _get_text_value(xpath):
+        root = self.parsed.getroot()
+        e = root.find("//BWFXML/" + xpath)
+        if e:
+            return e.text
+    
+    @property
+    def project(self):
+        return _get_text_value("PROJECT")
+        
+    @property
+    def scene(self):
+        return _get_text_value("SCECE")
+
+    @property
+    def take(self):
+        return _get_text_value("TAKE")
+
+    @property
+    def tape(self):
+        return _get_text_value("TAPE")
+
+    @property
+    def family_uid(self):
+        return _get_text_value("FILE_SET/FAMILY_UID")
+
+    @property
+    def family_name(self):
+        return _get_text_value("FILE_SET/FAMILY_NAME")
+
+
diff --git a/wavinfo/wave_parser.py b/wavinfo/wave_parser.py
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+++ b/wavinfo/wave_parser.py
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+
+import struct
+
+from collections import namedtuple
+
+
+ListChunkDescriptor = namedtuple('ListChunk' , 'signature children')
+
+
+class ChunkDescriptor(namedtuple('Chunk', 'ident start length'):
+    def read_data(from_stream):
+        from_stream.seek(start)
+        return from_stream.read(length)
+
+
+def parse_list_chunk(stream, length):
+    children = []
+
+    start = stream.tell()
+
+    signature = stream.read(4)
+
+    while (stream.tell() - start) < length:
+        children.append(parse_chunk(stream))
+
+    return ListChunkDescriptor(signature=signature, children=children)
+
+
+def parse_chunk(stream):
+    ident = stream.read(4)
+    if len(ident) != 4: 
+        return
+
+    sizeb = stream.read(4)
+    size  = struct.unpack('<I',sizeb)[0]
+
+    displacement = size
+    if displacement % 2 is not 0:
+        displacement = displacement + 1
+
+    if ident in [b'RIFF',b'LIST']:
+        return parse_list_chunk(stream=stream, length=size)
+    else:
+        start = stream.tell()
+        stream.seek(displacement,1)
+        return ChunkDescriptor(ident=ident, start=start, length=size)
+
+
+
+WavInfoFormat = namedtuple("WavInfoFormat",'audio_format channel_count sample_rate byte_rate block_align bits_per_sample')
+
+WavBextFormat = namedtuple("WavBextFormat",'description originator originator_ref ' + 
+    'originator_date originator_time time_reference version umid loudness_value ' + 
+    'loudness_range max_true_peak max_momentary_loudness max_shortterm_loudness coding_history')
+
+
+
+class WavInfoReader( namedtuple("_WavInfoReaderImpl", "format bext ixml") ):
+    """
+    format : WAV format
+    bext   : The Broadcast-WAV extension as definied by EBU Tech 3285 v2 (2011)
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, path):
+        with open(path, 'rb') as f:
+            chunks = parse_chunk(f)
+            
+            f.seek(0)
+            
+            self.format = _get_format(chunks,f)
+            self.info   = _get_bext(chunks,f)
+            self.ixml   = _get_ixml(chunks,f)
+        
+
+    def _get_format(chunks,f):
+        fmt_chunk = next(chunk for chunk in chunks if chunk.ident == b'fmt ')
+        fmt_data = chunk.read_data(from_stream=f)
+        
+        # The format chunk is
+        # audio_format    U16
+        # channel_count   U16
+        # sample_rate     U32   Note an integer
+        # byte_rate       U32   == SampleRate * NumChannels * BitsPerSample/8
+        # block_align     U16   == NumChannels * BitsPerSample/8
+        # bits_per_sampl  U16
+        unpacked = struct.unpack("<HHIIHH", fmt_data)
+
+        return WavInfoFormat(audio_format = unpacked[0],
+                channel_count = unpacked[1],
+                sample_rate   = unpacked[2],
+                byte_rate     = unpacked[3],
+                block_align   = unpacked[4],
+                bits_per_sample = unpacked[5]
+                )
+
+    def _get_bext(chunks,f):
+
+        fmt_chunk = next(chunk for chunk in chunks if chunk.ident == b'bext')
+        fmt_data = chunk.read_data(from_stream=f)
+
+        # description[256]      
+        # originator[32]
+        # originatorref[32]
+        # originatordate[10]   "YYYY:MM:DD"
+        # originatortime[8]    "HH:MM:SS"
+        # lowtimeref U32
+        # hightimeref U32
+        # version U16
+        # umid[64]
+        # loudnessvalue S16    (in LUFS*100)
+        # loudnessrange S16    (in LUFS*100)
+        # maxtruepeak   S16    (in dbTB*100)
+        # maxmomentaryloudness S16 (LUFS*100)
+        # maxshorttermloudness S16 (LUFS*100)
+        # reserved[180]
+        # codinghistory []
+
+        packstring = "<256s"+ "32s" + "32s" + "10s" + "8s" + "QH" + "64s" + "hhhhh" + "180s"
+        
+        unpacked = struct.unpack(packstring, chunk)
+        rest_starts = struct.calcsize(packstring)
+
+        return WavBextFormat(description=unpacked[0],
+                originator      = unpacked[1],
+                originator_ref  = unpacked[2],
+                originator_date = unpacked[3],
+                originator_time = unpacked[4],
+                time_reference  = unpacked[5],
+                version         = unpacked[6],
+                umid            = unpacked[7],
+                loudness_value  = unpacked[8],
+                loudness_range  = unpacked[9],
+                max_true_peak   = unpacked[10],
+                max_momentary_loudness = unpacked[11],
+                max_shortterm_loudness = unpacked[12],
+                coding_history = fmt_data[rest_starts:]
+                )
+
+
+        
+
+
+
+
+
+        
+
+
+
+