BWF MetaEdit
Description
BWF MetaEdit allows extraction, validation, editing as well as embedding of metadata in Broadcast WAVE Format (BWF) files. Furthermore, it can be used to embed MD5 checksums into the BWF file and to report certain errors in WAVE files. Validation of metadata is possible via a ruleset [1] based on technical specifications by the European Broadcast Union (EBU), who developed the BWF format, by Microsoft, as the format is based on WAVE, as well as by ISO for metadata content such as country codes. The validation rule set also contains conformance testing against the Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initative (FADGI) recommendations. Each rule can be either enforced or disabled, allowing for validation towards standard as well as policy compliance.
This tool was developed in 2010 for the Library of Congress and other federal government agencies by the Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FAGDI) and is supported by AVPreserve. Written in C++. BWF MetaEdit is in the public domain.
Platform
BWF MetaEdit is configured for command line and GUI for Windows/PC, Macintosh, and several major Linux distributions (Debian, ubuntu, redhat, CentOS, fedora, openSUSE, Mandriva).
Documentation and user support
Guidelines for use from FAGDI (also included in the tool): http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/audio-visual/documents/help_home.html Tutorial by U Texas ischool: https://tutorials.ischool.utexas.edu/index.php/BWF_MetaEdit
User Experiences
- Paper including case studies on BWF: "Two Open-Source Tools for Digital Asset Metadata Management" by Alexander Duryee and Bertram Lyons
- Includes description of a study on embedded metadata which utilized BWF MetaEdit: "Embedded Metadata in WAVE Files: A look inside issues and tools" by Chris Lacinak, AVPreserve
- ischool Tutorial includes some user experience description
Development Activity
Release Feed
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Issues Feed
- 2020-06-29 12:21:45
- #18 BWF MetaEdit continually crashes
I have same issuw with v20.05 (20.05.2) on Mac OS X 10.11.6 . Can lock up when scrolling or when saving metadata even with only two files loaded,
- by Mr Stephen Cummings
- 2020-06-29 12:18:10
- #27 BWF crashes if updating more than 5 files at a time
I have same issuw with v20.05 (20.05.2) on Mac OS X 10.11.6 . Can lock up when scrolling or when saving metadata even with only two files loaded,
- by Mr Stephen Cummings
- 2020-06-29 12:09:43
- BWF MetaEdit 20.5 repeatedly freezing on MacOS 10.11.6
I have BWF MetaEdit v 20.5 running on El Capitan 10.11.6 and it keeps freezing whilst scrolling through loaded files or after editing and just as I am saving the me...
- by Mr Stephen Cummings
- 2020-06-29 11:57:38
- #13 repeated crashes with bwf metaedit GUI in win 7 64 bit
I have v 20.5 running on El Capitan 10.11.6 and it keeps freezing whilst scrolling through loaded files or after editing and just as I am saving the metadata. Serio...
- by Mr Stephen Cummings
- 2016-01-12 16:02:26
- Loudness Metadata args not implemented
Loudness arguments are not parsed currently in the CLI build.
Simple fix as the backend is already implemented? Adding the following to CommandLine_Parser.cp...
- by Piaras Hoban