Written by a top team of industry professionals, this must-have guide will introduce you to everything you'll need to know about MXF. The MXF Book introduces and explains the MXF standard and helps engineers write MXF applications. The book also explains the reasons behind many details of the specification documents.

Chapter 1 Introduction and Scene Setting, JimWilkinson; Chapter 2 What Is an MXF File?, BruceDevlin; Chapter 3 Physical and Logical Structures within an MXF File, BruceDevlin; Chapter 4 Operational Patterns and Constraining MXF, BruceDevlin; Chapter 5 How to Put Essence into an MXF File, JimWilkinson; Chapter 6 Audio in MXF, BruceDevlin; Chapter 7 DV, DVC Pro, and DVCam in MXF, BruceDevlin; Chapter 8 D-lOand D-ll in MXF, JimWilkinson; Chapter 9 MPEG, MXF, and SMPTE381M, BruceDevl i n; Chapter 10 Generic Data Streams, VBI, and ANC, BruceDevlin; Chapter 11 DMS-1 Metadata Scheme, JimWilkinson; Chapter 12 Index Tables, BruceDevlin; Chapter 13 The MXF Data Model in Context, PhilTudor; Chapter 14 The MXFLib Open Source Library, MattBeard; Chapter 15 Practical Examples and Approaches to Using MXF; Chapter 16 JPEG 2000 Essence Container and Its Application, JimWilkinson Index;