The Pro-MPEG/AAF Association Material Exchange Format (MXF)
This paper describes the Material eXchange Format (MXF) currently under development by the Pro-MPEG forum and the AAF (Advanced Authoring Format) Association. An MXF file is a “wrapper” containing audio-visual material in a playable stream format. Each file contains a comprehensive metadata structure together with component parts that enable MXF files to be written and read directly by AAF-compliant hardware and software tools. The entire coding structure is based on the recently approved SMPTE standards relating to metadata coding using the KLV syntax and standardized metadata dictionary items. At the time this paper was written, the work was progressing to conclusion, but not yet complete. Therefore, some aspects described represent work in progress and may be subject to change in the final specification. This paper will describe the MXF format with particular emphasis on the file data structure and modeling for the metadata.
- Print ISSN
- 0036-1682
- Published
- 2001-11
- Content type
- Original Research
- DOI
- 10.5594/J16430