Ricardo--
Your news is very much of value as others have pointed out. I noticed
this morning when I connected my 744T to download some audio files,
BWF MetaEdit automatically opened. :-) This portends sensitive
programming--not to mention the cross platform GUI from the getgo.
Our Fed tax dollars deliver!
It looks like BWF MetaEdit could be a huge step forward towards
getting data attached to files and recognizing data that was created
by the recording technology. No doubt we'll have many discussions
about this new tool. Rob D.
At 10:11 PM +0100 9/29/10, 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) files=
.
>
>BWF MetaEdit is available for download at SourceForge:
><http://sourceforge.net/projects/bwfmetaedit/.>http://sourceforge.net/proj=
ects/bwfmetaedit/.
>BWF MetaEdit was developed by the
>Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative to support its guideli=
ne
>for embedded metadata in the bext and INFO chunks
>(<http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/audio-visual/documents/wave_metada=
ta.html>http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/audio-visual/documents/wave_m=
etadata.html).
>The application was developed by AudioVisual Preservation Solutions
>(<http://www.avpreserve.com/>http://www.avpreserve.com/).
>
>Users of BWF MetaEdit can:
>
>* Import, edit, embed, and export specified metadata elements in WAVE audi=
o
>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 =
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. S=
ee
>the list of options at SourceForge:
><http://sourceforge.net/projects/bwfmetaedit/files/>http://sourceforge.net=
/projects/bwfmetaedit/files/
>
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