1st Edition

The MXF Book An Introduction to the Material eXchange Format

    Written by a top team of industry professionals, this must-have guide will introduce you to everything you'll need to know about MXF. The MXF Book introduces and explains the MXF standard and helps engineers write MXF applications. The book also explains the reasons behind many details of the specification documents.

    Introduction
    What is an MXF file?
    Case study - Usage and applications of MXF
    MXF Physical & Logistical Structures
    Constraining MXF - OP usage
    How to put essence into an MXF file
    DV in MXF
    D-10 & D-11 in MXF
    Long GoP MPEG and MXF
    Audio
    Uncompressed
    Data Streams and other mappings
    HD-CAM
    Introduction to User Metadata
    DMS-1 Metadata Scheme
    Roll your own metadata
    Index tables and their Applications
    Interoperability with AAF
    MXF AAF, UML and XML
    Implementers hints and tips
    Applications

    Biography

    Nick Wells, Bruce Devlin, Jim Wilkinson

    "The MXF Book introduces and explains the MXF standard and helps engineers write MXF applications. The book also explains the reasons behind many details of the specification documents." - SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal, Aug. 2006

    "Written by a team of industry professionals, it introduces and explains the MXF standard and helps engineers write MXF applications. The book also explains the reasons behind many details of the specification documents." - Government Video, Aug. 2006