I'm forwarding this to here because I remember some discussion previously=
about this subject (metadata, archiving and the bwf format). I'm mistaken
please forgive me (and let me know so I don't do it again).
best regards,
Ricardo Reis
ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative Announces the
Release of BWF MetaEdit
BWF MetaEdit is a free, open source tool that supports embedding,
validating, and exporting of metadata in Broadcast WAVE Format (BWF) files.
BWF MetaEdit is available for download at SourceForge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bwfmetaedit/. BWF MetaEdit was developed by=
the
Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative to support its guidelin=
e
for embedded metadata in the bext and INFO chunks
(http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/audio-visual/documents/wave_metadata=
.html).
The application was developed by AudioVisual Preservation Solutions
(http://www.avpreserve.com/).
Users of BWF MetaEdit can:
* Import, edit, embed, and export specified metadata elements in WAVE audio=
files
* Export technical metadata from Format Chunks and minimal metadata from
bext and INFO chunks as comma-separated values and/or XML, across a set of=
files or from individual files
* Evaluate, verify and embed MD5 checksums, as applied to the WAVE file's d=
ata
chunk (audio bitstream only)
* Enforce the guideline (above) developed by the Federal Agencies
Audio-Visual Working Group, as well as specifications from the European
Broadcasting Union (EBU), Microsoft, and IBM
* Generate reports that show errors in the construction of WAVE files
* Choose from command line and GUI, for Windows/PC, Macintosh OS, Linux. Se=
e
the list of options at SourceForge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bwfmetaedit/files/
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