Sustainability of Digital Formats
Planning for Library of Congress Collections
Sustainability of Digital Formats
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| 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 |
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| 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 Motion Pictures Expert 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 |
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