2 What Is an MXF File?
Bruce Devlin
In this chapter we will go through the basic structure of an MXF file. We will illustrate the various structures and components of the MXF file with diagrams and descriptive text. Many of the diagrams will be oriented toward the structure of an MXF file that contains a short movie with long-GOP MPEG video and BWF (Broadcast Wave Format) stereo audio. The MXF file is intended to be played out in a software application and consists of some color bars, slate, the movie, and finally some black/silence. We will look at the two different aspects of an MXF file, the way the file's bytes are physically stored on the disc or tape, and also how the structural metadata describes what the MXF file is intended to represent. ...
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