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From: Hector Centeno <>
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Thanks Ricardo! Very useful! I don't think this is a mistaken post.

Cheers,

Hector Centeno
www.hcenteno.net
sonic.hcenteno.net (soundmap)


On 2010-09-29, at 5:11 PM, Ricardo Reis wrote:

>
> 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) file=
s.
>
> 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 guidel=
ine
> for embedded metadata in the bext and INFO chunks
>(http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/audio-visual/documents/wave_metadat=
a.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 aud=
io
> 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 o=
f
> files or from individual files
>
> * Evaluate, verify and embed MD5 checksums, as applied to the WAVE file's=
 data

> 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. =
See
> the list of options at SourceForge:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/bwfmetaedit/files/
>






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