The MXF-Live documents
- MXF-Live specification was used for the demos and tests in 2019. The metarex project will build on this base.
- MXF-live sample is a 1 second UHD interleaved ProRes & metadata sample created for the mxf-live demo
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Live Metadata Capture and Rendering in MXF
This 2 year project was a pre-cursor to metarex
Ideal for semi-custom metadata such as position, logging, device parameters
Shoot with on-set metadata from devices and from humans
Wrap the metadata in MXF using open standards
Move the video, audio and metadata over a standard IP network
Store the stream as an open MXF file with enhanced metadata
Share the content live and in files environments re-wrapping
What is it?
An existing open standard for transporting packets of synchronous metadata over IP networks for use in both live and file environments.
An Arri Camera and Head sent MXF packets over IP. These were multiplexed with Metadata from the Trackmen system that gather pan, tilt, yaw, zoom, position, and lens metadata. Nablet software managed MXF multiplexing and demultiplexing as well as serialising the MXF from the network into a file that could be opened in Avid.
Why?
Many productions have rich metadata such as lens information, gimble telemetry, camera position information, shot logging and other bulky metadata that is created. The workflows to get it into the show are often ad-hoc. This project uses open standards to preserve metadata in a way that minimises re-wrap and re-engineering the data.
Who?
Led by Arri, the team included Nablet, Trackmen, Fusionmedia and Mr MXF as coordinator. What's Next? The system works and we're looking for partners to develop a framwework for handling any kind of metadata. See the metarex website for details
Contact
Use the contact form to ask questions and suggestions.
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Partners
Video Processing Technologies for Professionals.
Our products are used widely in content creation, broadcasting, OTT, post-production, and other related industries. From low-level software development toolkits and video codecs to Avid Media Composer plugins, video transcoding engines and AI-powered video processing components, we provide a complete ecosystem of tools to meet ever-changing market needs.
TrackMen has been inventing real-time tracking solutions for live Virtual Broadcast Graphics since 1997.
TrackMen provides turnkey solutions and products in the field of 3D camera and object tracking, smart automation systems and keying technologies. Those technologies are used for Virtual Broadcast Graphics, Augmented Reality and Virtual Studios. Trackmen also covers live streaming events, concerts, television shows, exhibitions, and sports events worldwide.
Inspiring Images since 1917.
ARRI is a global player within the motion picture industry, employing around 1,200 staff worldwide. Named after its founders August Arnold and Robert Richter, ARRI was established in Munich, Germany, where the headquarters is still located today.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has recognized ARRI’s engineers and their contributions to the industry with 19 Scientific and Technical Awards.
Helping Technology into existence.
Mr MXF is a media technology consultancy helping to turn difficult problems into business reality. Led by Bruce Devlin, SMPTE's past Standards Vice President, the team turns test patterns into art, metadata into a gas pedal for business, complexity into explainer videos and turgid documents into entertaining training days.
created:2020-02-15 Bruce
New Website
From February 2020, this website will be updated with news and events related to the live carriage of production metadata using MXF.
See https://mxf-live.io for details.
created:2020-02-27 Bruce
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