OpenCube MXFTk® Front-End v2.7.3 User`s Manual
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1. 2 1 OME MD UTER GT exclude subdir Set the MXF_HOME_FRONTEND variable and launch the License Key Manager software MX Ort Hime MXFTkFrontEnd bin licensekeysmanager Click on the Load license file button Select the file which is in the OCPackage Licenses directory EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 7 December 2014 1 2 3 1 2 4 1 3 Quit the License Key Manager software You can now execute the MXFTkFrontEnd software gt MXFTkFrontEnd bin mxftkfrontend Apple Platform OpenCube MXFTK Front End comes as a self extractible archive e Double click on OpenCube MXFTK Front End package to launch the installation The default installation path is in the Applications directory however you may choose to install it elsewhere e If you have not installed OpenCube MXFTK Front End in the default installation path you have to set an environment variable HOME FRONTEND which should contain the path to the root directory of your OpenCube MXFTk Front End installation directory o installation _directory MxfTkFrontEnd app Contents SharedSupport MxfTk OpenCube MXFTk Front End Activation OpenCube MXFTk Front End requires a valid license key to work Temporary license keys for evaluation purpose are available from EVS OpenCube s website http www evs opencube com After creating an account there you will get2. e Static tracks contain metadata segments referring to the entirety of the package These tracks do not have origin or duration e Timeline tracks are used to annotate continuously the tracks of the package They are built as a concatenation of metadata segments e Event tracks are used to annotate sporadically the tracks of the package Parts of the track may have no metadata segments and metadata segments may overlap If you right click on a metadata segment you will be given the option to extract its metadata tree in an XML file If you select this option a file dialog will open to let you specify the location of the XML file to be created OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice pum EN USER MANUAL OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 l 2 2 5 Framework Sets Descriptive DM51 Address This view will be available only if you selected a metadata segment in the previous view lt displays the entirety of the descriptive metadata tree You may click on a set in order to display its properties in the following view In order to edit the descriptive metadata sets you may refer to the chapter Package Timecode and Metadata Edition for a complete overview of this feature 2 2 6 Set Properties This view will be available only if you selected a metadata set in the previous view It displays the properties associated to this set In order to edit the properties of a set you may refer to the chapter Package Timecode and Metadata Ed
3. 13 2 2 6 dee Bic HUE 13 2 3 Package Timecode and Metadata 14 2 3 1 New Metadata 15 2 3 2 Remove Metadata 15 2 3 3 Add Metadata 15 2 3 4 Remove Metadata 16 2 3 5 Replace 16 226 Add NEO 16 297 EOI SLAG ie E 17 2 3 8 Remove 17 2A Pal ne o 18 2 9 BOF CLC ne ee el en emo ne 19 2 6 IMP eiu susanne i aT a aaia nii Aaa niia 25 USER MANUAL OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 EE VY Revision History Document Revision Date Change Description Version 2 7 19 Dec 14 OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 User Manual update USER MANUAL OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 EE VY Preliminaries What s New The following table describes the sections updated to reflect the new and modified features in OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 In the user manual the icon has been added on the left margin to highlight information on new and updated features New features Section Page Support for XAVC Intra HD 2K 4K Generic and Sony 2 1 1 1 container Support for MXF AVC Proxy AFN100 SMPTE RDD 25 2 1 1 1 VII USER MANUAL OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 EE VY 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 Preliminaries Preli
4. Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS nat REVISION WHALS NEW Zain VII 1 PRELIMINARIES eene tnnt tette snnt 1 Li ER U E Mt 1 1 2 OpenCube MXFTk Front End 1 12 1 Windows 1 122 Limu PAO GI een een 1 teo oo uote 2 1 2 4 OpenCube MXFTk Front End Activation 2 1 3 OpenCube MXFTk Front End Overview 2 2 OPENCUBE MXFTK FRONT END IN PRACTICE 1 2 1 MXF File Creation RR nena 1 2 1 1 Operational Pattern and Input Files 1 2 1 2 Single and Multi file 4 2 1 3 Output File Selection Standard Operational Patterns 6 2 1 4 Output File Selection Atomic Operational Patterns 7 2 1 5 Source and Output Package 8 2 2 MXF Filo BOW ciis E PP O PO OOO E IA 9 2 2 1 a emm 9 2 2 2 File 10 22 3 nn e e oo e OO Pr 11 2 2 4 Metadata 12 2 2 5 Framework 5
5. All product names used in this manual are the properties of their respective owners and are acknowledged This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL project for use in the OpenSSL toolkit www openssl org This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation www apache org This product uses QT SDK under the LGPL 2 1 license Improvement Requests Your comments will help us improve the quality of the user documentation Do not hesitate to send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy in this user manual by e mail to doc evs com Regional Contacts The address and phone number of the EVS headquarters are usually mentioned in the Help About menu in the user interface You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices either at the end of this user manual for manuals on hardware products or on the EVS website on the following page http www evs com contacts EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 7 December 2014 User Manuals on EVS Website The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download center on the following webpage http www evs com downloadcenter The present document shall be governed by Belgian law In case of a dispute all parties shall submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the court of Liege USER MANUAL OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 EE VY
6. Interoparable files e Crypt set the checkbox and enter the cryptographic key id and the cipher primer key of the track file Once all the fields filled OK button is enabled You can accept your configuration and the MXF will be created Then you come back to the reel wizard OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice USER MANUAL OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 na Y 1 11 MXFTk Front End Now can choose or create your audio file or choose subtitle file Once you have chosen at least a video or an audio MXF file you can validate your reel by clicking on Next 11 MXFTk Front End OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice 23 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 7 December 2014 A reel has been added you can now choose to add another reel or finalize your composition If you choose Yes the reel page is displayed again for a new reel If you choose No you reach the ending page 21 MXFTk Fro Clicking on Finish will create your complete Digital Cinema Package 24 OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice VE pee EN USER MANUAL MXFTk Front End 2 7 2 6 IMP Creation OpenCube MXFTk Front End includes a wizard to build complete IMF Packages IMP from existing MXF files The following wizard appears when clicking on New IMP TN icon in the main window MXFTk Front The first page of the wizard contains the following fields e Directory is the root folder of the ent
7. create an Op1a file following the exact properties of a Sony XAVC Intra 2K 4K file You will need to provide one XAVC Intra file following Sony s XAVC Intra 2K 4K requirements 0 to 16 monoaural audio file BWF AES and an optional ancillary file e Panasonic P2 this will create a set of 3 or 5 OpAtomib files following the exact properties of Panasonic P2 files You will need to provide 1 DVCPro 25 50 or 100 Mb s file or 1 AVC Intra 50 100 or 200Mbps file and two or four 1 channel AES audio file or two or four 1 channel WAV files e Panasonic AVC LongG this will create an Op1b file following the exact properties of Panasonic AVC LongG file You will need to provide 1 AVC H 264 file an optional ancillary file and a number of 1 channel AES WAV audio files e Avid OpAtom This will create OpAtom files These MXF can be natively edited by an Avid editing system e Avid OpAtom AMT Same as Avid OpAtom but uses Avid Media Toolkit AMT provided by Avid instead of OpenCube implementation ge Note Avid OpAtom AMT is only available under Windows OS and with the 32 bit version of MXFTk AS 02 this will create an AS 02 MXF file AS 02 is an Application Specification defined by the American Media Workflow Association AMWA aiming at creating a factory format AS 03 this will create an AS 03 MXF file AS 03 is an Application Specification defined by the American Media Workflow Association AMWA It defines a vendor neutral s
8. drop down box 4 you can select one of the source packages and edit its content In the list box 6 you will find a summary of the media files embedded in the current package You can remove some of them by selecting them and clicking on Remove 12 In order to add a media file to that package click on Add 13 This will open a new dialog where you will be able to select a single file sequence dv dif mpg imx etc or a multi file sequence j2k bmp etc You can also set the default edit rate 3 for the media where this information cannot be directly retrieved from the media itself audio still images You may also choose not to embed the media files in the MXF file but instead to access them as an external reference In this case you should check the check box 5 Only one external reference per package is allowed You can perfectly place an external reference on an existing MXF or on a media file Finally each media file you embed can be encrypted to protect its content To do so select the package you want to encrypt and check the Crypted 11 box Then you can select each of the source files from the package and define the cryptographic and cipher key 7 that will be used for the encryption The cryptographic key will be public and stored explicitly in the MXF file metadata However the cipher key will be private and will be required upon decoding of the MXF file Single and Multi file Selection M File selection If
9. right clicking on an existing metadata track It opens the following dialog box In the drop down control box you can set the metadata track type static timeline or event and set the name of the track The choice of the track type depends on the nature of the metadata you wish to add If it annotates the package the most appropriate type is Static Track if it corresponds to particular events occurring in the sequence the most appropriate type is Event Track finally if it continuously annotates the sequence for instance updating the shoot location whenever it changes the most appropriate type is a Timeline Track This step creates a new track but you still need to create metadata segments in order to append metadata to your package Remove Metadata Track This feature is available when right clicking on an existing metadata track It causes the permanent destruction of the track Add Metadata Segment This feature is available when right clicking on an existing metadata track A metadata segment is the entity containing a metadata tree It opens the following dialog box OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice 15 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 7 December 2014 2 3 4 2 3 5 2 3 6 Add property 16 There are four fundamental settings to keep in mind when creating a metadata segment e Duration this is the duration expressed as a number of frames of the metadata segment along the metadat
10. you select Single file it will open a browser window where you will be able to select the media file you want to insert in the currently selected package OpenCube MXFTk Front End supports the following formats e DVCam DVCPro 25 50 100 Mbps e 010 MPEG 2 Video and Audio Elementary Stream MPEG 2 Program Stream MPEG 2 Transport Stream e MPEG 4 e H 264 AVC OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice USER MANUAL OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 VU 1 e AVC Intra 50 100 200 e XAVC Intra e Wave Broadcast Wave e AES e A law e AAC If you select Still images it will open the following dialog box This dialog box is designed so that you can select a series of still images that will be stored in the same directory and that are also numbered sequentially You first need to select the directory where the files are located This step is performed by selecting the Browse button 1 Once the selection is performed the drop down boxes 2 will be refreshed and there you will be able to select the basename and extension of the files to be inserted Finally in the Range control you will be able to set the number of the first and last images as well as the step and the number of digits in the filename sequence For instance in the previous screenshot the following series of file will be used C valid test sequence0002 j2k C valid test sequence 0004 j2k C valid test sequence 0006 j2k C valid test sequence 0
11. 498 j2k C valid test sequence 0500 j2k OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice 5 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 7 December 2014 2 1 3 Output File Selection Standard Operational Patterns This page will open if you have chosen to create a SONY Op1a 1 Op2a or Op2b file It will let you select the path of the output MXF file Click on the Browse button to open a browser window and select the path where you want to create the MXF file 6 OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice USER MANUAL OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 l 2 1 4 Output File Selection Atomic Operational Patterns This page will open if you have chosen to create a Panasonic OpAtom 1a OpAtom 1b OpAtom 2a or OpAtom 20 file In that case several MXF files will be created Click on the Browse button to open a browser window and select the output directory You can then type the base name that will be used to name the resulting MXF files The resulting filenames will correspond to the base name followed by the package coordinates used in the previous page i e MyOpAtomFile 1 1 MyOpAtomFile 1 2 MyOpAtomFile 2 1 MyOpAtomFile 2 2 Note In the case of Panasonic P2 files the base name must be exactly 6 character long and a directory Contents will be created similarly to what would produce the camcorder OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice 7 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 7 December 2014 2 1 5 So
12. USER MANUAL OPENCUBE MXFTK FRONT END Version 2 7 December 2014 MAFTk Front End WE USER MANUAL OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 EE VY Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Copyright 2005 2014 All rights reserved This publication including all photographs illustrations and software is protected under international copyright laws with all rights reserved Neither this user manual nor any of the material contained herein may be reproduced without written consent of the author Disclaimer The information provided in this user manual is as is and without warranty of any kind expressed or implied including those of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose or arising from a course of dealing usage or trade practice This user manual is for informational use only and subject to change without notice While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate up to date and reliable EVS Broadcast Equipment SA makes no warranties or representations regarding the accuracy or completeness of the information In no event shall EVS Broadcast Equipment SA or any of its affiliates be liable for any damage including incidental or consequential damages lost profits or lost data or any indirect damages even if EVS Broadcast Equipment SA or any of its affiliates have been informed of the possibility thereof Trademark Recognition
13. a track You should set this value if you are working on an event or timeline track On a static track the metadata is not related to time annotation Event tracks allow event of a nil 0 duration and it is perfectly valid to set the duration to 1 if it is unknown e TC IN timecode in this is the starting point of the metadata segment along the metadata track You should set this value if you are working on an event track Ona Static track the metadata is not related to time annotation and on a timeline track the segments are appended one after the other so that the TC IN of the following metadata segments corresponds to the TC OUT of the previous segment e Framework There are three types of predefined frameworks in the Descriptive Metadata Scheme 1 scene clip and production Each of them defines a different metadata dictionary which suits most of the usual needs You are given the option to create a complete metadata tree corresponding to one of this framework by loading an XML file Alternatively if you wish to build the metadata tree step by step using OpenCube MXFTk Front End interface you just need to set which kind of framework you want to work with e Comment This will be stored in the MXF file and should comment the nature of this metadata segment It will also be displayed in the views of OpenCube MXFTk Front End Remove Metadata Segment This feature is available when right clicking on a metadata segment of a timeline or
14. access to a download area where you will be able to retrieve a one month license key file If you purchased OpenCube MXFTk Front End you should have received a permanent license key file To enable your software you will need to install the OpenCube Key Manager also freely available for download and load your license file in this application After agreeing to the license you will be ready to start working with OpenCube MXFTk Front End OpenCube MXFTk Front End Overview OpenCube MXFTk Front End is an application built on top of OpenCube MXFTk C OEM SDK library for Linux Mac OS X and Windows operating systems It enables wrapping of MXF files embedding your audiovisual material MXF file unwrapping partial restore of MXF files and metadata update OpenCube MXFTk Front End can read and partial restore all normative files ranging from Op1a to Op3c as well as OpAtom operational patterns It can create MXF files following operational patterns Op1a to Op2b and OpAtom It also includes support of SONY eVTR XDCam Panasonic P2 Panasonic AVC LongG and Avid files OpenCube MXFTk Front End was built to demonstrate the main features of MXF and all of them can be automated using OpenCube MXFTk C OEM SDK library Preliminaries USER MANUAL OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 na Y 1 15 MXFTk Front End v2 6 as11 avc intra 100mbps 1080iS0 rud C om a CCP Kim AZ Part Description 1 Menu and dockable toolbar 2 F
15. ce is filled with all the corresponding files selected in the previous pages of the IMP Wizard You can Add a file from the list of corresponding files selected in the previous pages of the IMP Wizard The file will be added to the end of the sequence e Edit opens a window in which you can edit the EntryPoint and Duration to be played of the selected file e Move Up the selected file in the sequence e Move Down the selected file in the sequence e Remove the selected file from the sequence e Remove All the files from the selected sequence 28 OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice Jf USER MANUAL MXFTK Front End 2 7 Y 1 In the next page you will be asked if you want to add another CPL to the IMP A MXFTk Front End If you answer No the next page will be the Finalize page 11 MXFTk Front End Clicking on Finish will create your complete IMF Package CPL s and PKL OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice 29 zv gm To learn more about EVS go to www evs com Corporate 32 4 361 7000 North amp Latin America 1 973 575 7811 EVS Headquarters Asia amp Pacific Liege Science Park 852 2914 2501 16 rue Bois St Jean B 4102 Seraing Other regional offices Belgium www evs com contact EVS Broadcast Equipment is continuously adapting and improving its products in accordance with the ever changing requirements of the Broadcast Industry The data contained herein i
16. e Thanks to this feature you will be able to create a new MXF file by retrieving only the part of the file you are interested in You simply need to specify the TC IN timecode in and TC OUT timecode out and OpenCube MXFTK Front End will create the resulting MXF file for you Partial Restore gt x The dialog box is initialized with the TC IN and TC OUT corresponding to the whole file You may change these values in order to define the time span you are interested in These timecode values are relative to the output package material If your MXF file contains several output packages each of them will be restored To launch the process you simply need to click the browse button select the destination file and hit the OK button e Note A partial restore operation may change the value of the operational pattern of the resulting file OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice Ve USER MANUAL OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 2 5 DCP Creation OpenCube MXFTk Front End includes a wizard to build complete Digital Cinema Packages DCP from existing MXF files or from compatible essence The following wizard appears when clicking on New DCP ach icon in the main window J Front Clic on button Next to start creating a new DCP OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice 19 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 7 December 2014 20 The second page of the wizard contains the follo
17. event metadata track It causes the permanent destruction of the segment Replace Framework This feature is available when right clicking on a scene clip or production framework node of the tree It lets you remove the entire framework from the segment and set a new one instead Add Metadata This feature is available when right clicking on a metadata set of a metadata tree It opens the following dialog box that lets you specify a new property that will be added as a child to the current metadata set 3 OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice USER MANUAL OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 EE VY The drop down combo box contains the complete list of metadata sets and properties that can be added The field is a reminder of the format of the data expected the field Value 2 3 7 Edit Metadata This feature is available when right clicking on a metadata set of a metadata tree It opens a dialog box similar to the previous one To edit the metadata you can set a new value in the appropriate field 2 3 8 Remove Metadata This feature is available when right clicking on a metadata set or property of a metadata tree It causes the permanent destruction of the tree starting from the selected root OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice 17 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 7 December 2014 2 4 Partial Restore 18 This dialog box is available when clicking on Partial restor
18. ile History Overview Displays the time of edition the product used to edit the file and also mentions the operational pattern 3 Packages Overview Displays the packages of the file 4 Data tracks Overview Displays the tracks of the selected package 5 Metadata tracks Overview Displays the metadata tracks of the selected package Framework Sets Overview Displays the metadata tree of the selected metadata track Set Properties Overview Displays the properties of the selected metadata set Preliminaries 3 pum _ USER MANUAL OpenCube Front End 2 7 na VY 2 OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice 21 File Creation To create a new MXF file you simply need to click on 4 New This will open new wizard that will guide you through the different steps required to build a file 2 1 1 Operational Pattern and Input Files Selection gt OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice 1 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 7 December 2014 This page lets you select the operational pattern Op of the file and the media files you want to embed The drop down box 1 is a list of operational patterns available for creation You will also find here some predefined manufacturers patterns that are heavily used SONY eVTR XDCam IMX XDCam DV XDCam proxy and Panasonic P2 AVC LongG files The choice of the operational pattern depends on what you want to do with the MXF file Op1a the most common operational
19. iles are MXF files embedding a single source and a single material package On top of this the source package should only contain a single media file However the material package is representing a combination of several OpAtom files in order to build a complete editing When you create OpAtom files you should keep in mind that one MXF file will be created for each media file you provide and the files should remain altogether to be played later on Similarly to standard operational patterns it is possible to create OpAtom1a OpAtom1b OpAtom2a and OpAtom2b files DCP SMPTE DCP files are OpAtom files compliant with the SMPTE429 standards relative to DCI distribution package MXF files DCP Interop DCP files modified to be compliant with some manufacturer s D Cinema servers eVTR this will create an Op1a file following the exact properties of a SONY eVTR file You will need to provide one IMX sequence 30 40 or 50 Mb s and one 8 channel AES audio file Sony XDCam this will create an Op1a file following the exact properties of a SONY XDCam Optical IMX file You will need to provide one IMX sequence 30 40 or 50 Mb s and one 8 channel AES audio file Sony XDCam DV this will create an 1 file following the exact properties of a SONY XDCam Optical DV file You will need to provide one DV IEC sequence and four 1 channel AES file or four 1 channel WAV files Sony XDCam Proxy this will create an Op_pd_proxy Professional D
20. information stored in its linked files As a result when opening such files with OpenCube MXFTk Front End you should load the whole set of OpAtom files If you wish to open Panasonic P2 files and if these files are stored in their standard directory structure you simply need to select one of them and OpenCube MXFTk Front End will automatically find and load its associated files After opening an MXF file the main window is refreshed to display its content If you wish to open the different DCP mxf files composing a DCP you should click on Open DCP A window asks you to choose the folder containing your DCP files Then all mxf files found in this folder will be opened To play the file in the OpenCube XFReader or Windows Media Player you may click on 4 Play feature available only on Windows platform if you have installed MXFTk Header Finally you may extract the whole metadata tree of this MXF file by clicking on Output XML File History This view displays the current MXF version of the file and its operational pattern Then each line of the view lists chronologically the changes that occurred It mentions the date of modification the company the product the product version and the platform used at the time of update OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice 9 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 7 December 2014 2 2 2 File Packages This view draws the list of all the packages included in the file You may find tw
21. ire IMP Selecting a directory will enable the other parts of the wizard It is strongly recommended to choose an empty directory or a directory containing the IMP MXF files only e IMF Application chose the IMF Application for which you want to create an IMP Each IMF Application has different requirements for the video files Click on button Next to start creating a new IMP OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice 25 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 7 A December 2014 In the next wizard pages you will have to select the Video Audio Subtitles and Ancillary Data files that you want to pack in the new IMP If the selected files are not present in the IMP Directory they will be copied from their current location to the IMP Directory The IMP Wizard will check the selected files are compliant with the requirements of the selected IMF Application and requirements from the IMF Core Constraints 26 OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice USER MANUAL MXFTk Front End 2 7 Y 1 27 MXFTk Front End MXFTk Front End OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice 27 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 7 A December 2014 In the next page of the IMP Wizard you will define the Composition Playlist CPL content 17 MXFTk Front End You must first set a label for the CPL and a Kind from the list Then you can edit each Sequence Image Audio Timed Text Ancillary Data By default each sequen
22. isc Proxy file following the exact properties of a SONY XDCAM MPEG4 proxy file You will need to provide one MPEG4 file and four A law embedded in WAV files OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice USER MANUAL OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 EE VY e Sony XDCam HD this will create an 1 file following the exact properties of a SONY XDCam Optical HD file You will need to provide one MPEG2 HD following Sony s requirements and 4 or 8 audio channels depending on the profile Sony XDCam SxS this will create an 1 file following the exact properties of a SONY XDCam SxS IMX file You will need to provide one IMX sequence 50 Mb s and one 8 channel AES audio file Sony XDCam DV SxS this will create an Op1a file following the exact properties of a SONY XDCam SxS DV file You will need to provide one DV IEC sequence and four 1 channel AES file or four 1 channel WAV files Sony XDCam HD SxS this will create file following the exact properties of a SONY XDCam SxS HD file You will need to provide one MPEG2 HD following Sony s requirements and 4 or 8 audio channels depending on the profile Sony XAVC HD this will create an Op1a file following the exact properties of a Sony XAVC Intra HD file You will need to provide one XAVC Intra file following Sony s XAVC Intra HD requirements 0 to 16 monoaural audio file BWF AES and an optional ancillary file 11217 SonyXAVC 4K this will
23. ition for a complete overview of this feature OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice 13 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 7 December 2014 2 3 14 Package Timecode and Metadata Edition This dialog box is available when clicking on A Edit Package in OpenCube MXFTk Front End main window or during file creation It lets you re define the timecode and descriptive metadata tracks of the corresponding package If you are not familiar with MXF please refer to the chapter Metadata Tracks for a brief overview of the descriptive metadata structure before continuing The top part of this dialog box displays the current timecode track of the package You can modify the timecode in the frame rate as well as the drop frame behavior The bottom part is a tree view of all the metadata tracks in this package All the actions that can be undertaken on this view are available with a right click on the nodes of the tree You can create and delete descriptive metadata tracks create and delete metadata segments append and remove sets and properties from the tree Finally after clicking on OK or closing the window you can save the changes you made to your file at any time by clicking on Elsave OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice USER MANUAL OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 l 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 New Metadata Track This feature is available when right clicking on the background of the metadata tracks view or
24. minaries MXF File Format MXF standing for Material eXchange Format is a file format aiming to improve data and metadata exchange The targeted objective is the interoperability between content creation mainframes work stations and peripherals This wrapper file format was designed to make use of current and forthcoming data formats Hence it not only allows exchange of contents in MPEG DV or else but also improves interoperability between editing systems In the meantime it also permits conveyance of metadata following standardized schemes OpenCube MXFTk Front End Installation Windows Platform If you received OpenCube MXFTk Front End on a CD insert it in your CD drive The installation should start automatically If not open an explorer window and look for the executable Setup exe and launch it During the installation procedure your antivirus software may warn you about the execution of Windows scripts You may safely ignore these warnings Linux Platform Unzip the file and create the destination directory MXFTkFrontEnd USE MS cto ated Ed ro 0 sc End Launch the script to install the License Key Manager software into the MXFTkFrontEnd directory gt OCPackage Linux KeyManager 2 7 0 sh prefix SHOME MXFTkFrontEnd exclude subdir Launch the script to install the MXFTk Front End software into the MXFTkFrontEnd directory POG Package
25. n on the origin and duration of the package here e Picture sound and data tracks o If you are in a source package each of these tracks will display a summary of the media they represent For instance a track may contain PAL DVCPro at 50Mbit s starting at timecode 00 20 45 00 and having a duration of 5 seconds Still in a source package you may extract the content of the track in a media file After selecting a track simply click on Extract select the destination file and click on Save to cause the unwrapping of the selected essence If the track actually contains a series of still image the Multi Files dialog box will open so that you can configure the output name of the files that will be created please refer to the chapter Single and Multi file Selection for more information on how configuring the output files o Ifyou are in an output material package these tracks will display the combination of source packages used to produce the output This is represented as a concatenation of source clips Each source clip refers to one of the source package in its entirety or to a part of it You are also given the option to extract the content of a source clip by clicking on Extract essence o Essence extraction is also available when right clicking on the track or source clip name OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice 11 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 7 December 2014 Some MXF files Digi
26. o types of packages in an MXF file e Output Material Package A material package represents an output of the file This is a set of tracks built as a combination of the source packages Most MXF files contain a single output however highest operational patterns Op1 2 3c allow several output packages e Source Package A source package represents the audiovisual material of the file This is a set of tracks referring to the video audio or data embedded in the file It contains detailed information on the media Additionally MXF provides mechanisms for timecode and descriptive metadata annotation of packages OpenCube MXFTk Front End main window lets you visualize this information Clicking on a package will display its content in the main window Furthermore this version of OpenCube MXFTk Front End lets you manipulate and modify the packages at will In order to redefine the timecode or update the metadata tracks of a package you can click on A Edit Package refer to the chapter Package Timecode and Metadata Edition for a complete overview of this feature 10 OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice a USER MANUAL OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 gt VY 2 2 3 Data Tracks Source clipiaPackage 6 5ound This view displays the essence tracks of the package you selected in the previous view You may find here four different types of tracks e Timecode tracks are used for timecode annotation You will find informatio
27. pattern It is used to embed media files in an MXF file and play them all together simultaneously and in their entirety These files contain a single source package where the media files are stored and a single material package representing the output of the file Consequently the number of parallel and play list packages is forced to 1 and cannot be changed OpZero this is an Op1a file with a single meda track and structure constraints to ensure play while record capability Op1b these files contain at least two source packages and a single material package referencing all the source packages All the source packages are played simultaneously Consequently the number of parallel packages cannot be lower than 2 and the number of play list packages is forced to 1 Op2a these files contain at least two source packages and a single material package referencing all the source packages The source packages are played one after the other Consequently the number of parallel packages is forced to 1 and the number of play list packages cannot be lower than 2 Op2b these files contain at least four source packages and a single material package referencing all the source packages This is a combination of Op1b and Op2a where a set of source packages is played simultaneously and is then followed by another set of source packages played simultaneously Consequently the number of parallel and play list packages cannot be lower than 2 OpAtom OpAtom f
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29. tal Cinema Intermediate may contain encrypted data tracks that you will be able to extract only if you provide the right key To set the key right click on the protected track from a source package and select SetCipherKey This will open a dialog box where will be reminded the public key protecting this track and where you will be asked to set the corresponding private key Note If you have selected a mono AES3 audio track as found in SONY XDCam or Panasonic P2 files you are given the option to extract the audio in WAV format instead of AES format To do so you simply need to activate Options gt Extract AES to WAVE before performing the extraction 2 2 4 Metadata Tracks 12 This view will be available only if the MXF file contains descriptive metadata tracks It displays the metadata tracks of the package you selected in the previous view MXF organizes descriptive metadata in tracks each track contains one or several metadata segments used to annotate a given time span Then each metadata segment contains a descriptive metadata tree following a standardized descriptive metadata scheme The most commonly used scheme in the MXF world is the Descriptive Metadata Scheme 1 ST380 DMS 1 which gives the choice between 3 different metadata trees also called frameworks to append to metadata segments Finally MXF allows three different types of descriptive metadata tracks each of them allowing different assembly of metadata segments
30. ubset of the Op 1a file format e AS 11 This will create an AS 11 MXF file 5 11 is an Application Specification defined by the American Media Workflow Association AMWA It defines a vendor neutral subset of the MXF Op1a file format You will need to provide one IMX AVC Intra sequence and audio files AS 11 UK DPP This will create an AS 11 MXF file compliant with the UK DPP Shim e IMF Essence Component This will create an IMF MXF file compliant with the SMPTE ST2067 2 Core Constraints OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice 3 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 7 December 2014 2 1 2 e AVC Proxy AFN100 This will create an AVC Proxy according to the AFN 100 specification You will need to provide one H 264 AVC LongGop at least one AAC audio file and an optional ancillary file e AVC Proxy SMPTE RDD This will create an AVC Proxy according to the SMPTE RDD 25 specification You will need to provide one H 264 AVC LongGop at least one AAC audio file and an optional ancillary file After choosing the operational pattern you can adjust the number of parallel packages the number of source packages that will be played simultaneously with the control box 2 and the number of play list packages the number of source packages that will be played sequentially with the control box 8 The view 9 is a summary of the material package of the MXF file It represents the output timeline of your MXF file In the
31. urce and Output Package Edition This page lets you redefine the name timecode and descriptive metadata of your output and source packages Click on Edit to open the package edition dialog in order to set the timecode and or add descriptive metadata to your package For further information about package edition please refer to the chapter Package Timecode and Metadata Edition You are also given the opportunity to rename your packages in the appropriate line edit box If you do not want to edit the packages OpenCube MXFTk Front End will generate a default name and timecode so you can also choose to safely skip this step Finally click on Finish to launch the file creation After processing the resulting MXF file will be automatically loaded in the main window 8 OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice Em USER MANUAL OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 AE 2 2 2 2 1 MXF File Browsing To open an MXF file you simply need to click on Sopen This will launch a new dialog where you will be able to select the file to be displayed in OpenCube MXFTK Front End main window If you wish to open a set of OpAtom files and notably Panasonic P2 files you should click on OpAtom instead This will display new dialog where you will be able to select several MXF files OpAtom files are a set of MXF files linked together by a common editing material package Therefore an OpAtom file opened alone misses some of the
32. wing fields e Directory is the root folder of the entire DCP Selecting a directory will enable the other parts of the wizard It is strongly recommended to choose an empty directory or a directory containing the DCP mxf files only e Label is the name of your composition e Kind is the type of composition trailer teaser By clicking on Next the reel page appears OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice USER MANUAL OpenCube MXFTk Front End 2 7 na Y 1 11 MXFTk Front End ue dg In basic mode default you can choose the different files which will compose your reel Check box Enable cut displays new fields used to set origin and duration used for the sources MXFTk Front End OpenCube MXFTk Front End in Practice 21 22 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Issue 2 7 December 2014 In the reel page you can create a reel from an existing mxf file by clicking on Browse button and selecting a DCP compatible MXF file It is possible to create a new file by clicking on New If you choose the second way the MXF wizard appears by clicking on New MXFTk Front End The MXF wizard is a simplified version of the MXF creation wizard In this wizard you have to configure the following elements e Source JPEG 2000 MPEG 2 video or Wave file e DCP Track File the generated MXF file Manufacturer interop can be set if you want to generate SMPTE files or
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