BWF MetaEdit
Description
BWF MetaEdit allows importing, embedding, editing, and exporting of mettdata in Broadcast WAVE Format (BWF) files; validating, and exporting of metadata in Broadcast WAVE Format (BWF) files. Additional functions include the creation, verifion, and embedding of MD5 checksums into the BWF file, and reporting of certain errors in WAVE files.
Developed in 2010 for the Library of Congress and other federal government agencies by the Federal Agencies Digitization 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.
Documentation and user support
Guidelines for use from FAGDI (also included in the tool): http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/audio-visual/documents/help_home.html
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
Development Activity
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