SUPPORT
Answering all your MXF questions and comments!
The Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) was founded in 2000 to foster the implementation of AAF and MXF workflows. Metaglue has been involved with the AAF Association since the beginning and contributes to the specification and the reference software. (also see www.SourceForge.net/projects/aaf)
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) develops and maintains formal standards of television and motion pictures. The full catalog of SMPTE standards is available by a subscription service. Of particular interest:
SMPTE 335M Metadata Dictionary Structure
SMPTE 336M KLV Encoding
SMPTE 395M Metadata Groups Registry
SMPTE 401M Labels registry Structure
SMPTE 377M MXF Format Specification
(and many companion documents)
The Pro-MPEG Forum conceived the MXF Specification in partnership with the AAF Association and assisted SMPTE with the preparation of the formal standards. (also see http://www.mxf.info/ )
freeMXF.org is dedicated to providing cross-platform open source MXF software. Metaglue supports the activities of freeMXF.org and contributes code to SourceForge. (aso see www.SourceForge.net/projects/mxflib
The Institut fur RundfunkTechnik provides information and validation services for MXF, using custom and commercial tools from MOG Solutions.
Publishes a vast range of technical books, including "The File Interchange Handbook". which provides a comprehensive introduction and guide to a range of file formats used in professional production, including AAF, MXF, ASF and Quicktime. Metaglue founder Oliver Morgan is one of file format experts who contributed to this book.