Sustainability of Digital Formats: Planning for Library of Congress Collections |
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Introduction | Sustainability Factors | Content Categories | Format Descriptions | Contact |
Full name | MXF Operational Pattern 1a (OP1a), with MPEG-2 in Generic Container |
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Description |
MXF OP1a file with a video essence encoded as MPEG-2. |
Production phase | Middle state |
Relationship to other formats | |
Subtype of | MXF_OP1a, MXF Operational Pattern OP1a |
Has subtype | MXF_AS-PBS, MXF Application Specification AS-PBS |
Contains | MPEG-2, MPEG-2 Video Encoding (H.262) |
May contain | Sound essences and other elements, not described at this time. |
LC experience or existing holdings | See MXF |
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LC preference | See MXF |
Disclosure | Open standard. MXF developed by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), a member of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). MPEG-2 developed by ISO technical program JTC 1/SC 29 (WG11), aka the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) |
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Documentation | MXF: SMPTE 378M-2004, Material Exchange Format (MXF) -- Operational pattern 1A (Single Item, Single Package) (and other specifications); MPEG-2: ISO/IEC 13818, multiple parts. |
Adoption |
MXF OP1a is supported in a number of systems; see MXF. MPEG-2 is very widely adopted. |
Licensing and patents | See MXF and MPEG-2 |
Transparency | See MXF and MPEG-2 |
Self-documentation | See MXF and MPEG-2 |
External dependencies | See MXF and MPEG-2 |
Technical protection considerations | See MXF and MPEG-2 |
Tag | Value | Note |
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Filename extension | See related format. | See MXF |
Internet Media Type | See related format. | See MXF |
Magic numbers | See related format. | See MXF |
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