Material Exchange Format – Mapping AES3 and Broadcast Wave Audio into the MXF Generic Container

Published by	Publication Date	Number of Pages
SMPTE	07/10/2007		41

Category: SMPTE

Description

SMPTE 382M – Material Exchange Format – Mapping AES3 and Broadcast Wave Audio into the MXF Generic Container

This standard defines the mapping of digital audio data, ancillary data and metadata from the broadcast waveformat (BWF) and from AES3 digital audio data into sound essence elements, which can be included in anMXF generic container. The data carried in wave audio essence elements may be uncompressed PCM audiodata, compressed data or raw data as in BWF, AES3 or SMPTE 337M carried in a single AES3 stream.Labels for the identification of uncompressed audio samples within this mapping are provided by thisstandard. Labels for compressed audio types can be added to the Labels Register defined by SMPTE 400M.

In order to achieve interoperability within any given operational pattern, restrictions may be placed on the wayin which this essence container can be implemented. The reader is advised to carefully study the appropriateoperational pattern document before implementation.