Re: [ARSCLIST] BWAV / BWF tools

[Dave Rice <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,
For extracting BWAV metadata I use getid3. It's a free PHP media  
metadata parsing utility. I have it running to return the media  
metadata as xml that my database can automatically import and  
associate with the cataloguing record. getid3 returns the audio  
specification and the embedded metadata including the BWF and CART  
extended metadata. Below is an example of some extracted BWAV data  
from getid3 in xml format.

David Rice
Archivist
Democracy Now!
100 Lafayette St., Rm 604
New York, NY 10013
Phone: (212) 431-9090 x811
Fax: (212) 431-8858
Email: dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<data key="audio">
−
<dict>
<data key="dataformat">wav</data>
<data key="bitrate_mode">cbr</data>
<data key="wformattag">1</data>
−
<data key="streams">
−
<dict>
−
<data key="0">
−
<dict>
<data key="codec">Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)</data>
<data key="channels">1</data>
<data key="sample_rate">48000</data>
<data key="bitrate">1152000</data>
<data key="bits_per_sample">24</data>
<data key="wformattag">1</data>
<data key="bitrate_mode">cbr</data>
<data key="lossless">1</data>
<data key="dataformat">wav</data>
<data key="compression_ratio">1</data>
</dict>
</data>
</dict>
</data>
<data key="codec">Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)</data>
<data key="channels">1</data>
<data key="sample_rate">48000</data>
<data key="bitrate">1152000</data>
<data key="bits_per_sample">24</data>
<data key="lossless">1</data>
<data key="channelmode">mono</data>
<data key="compression_ratio">1</data>
</dict>
</data>
<data key="fileformat">riff</data>
<data key="playtime_seconds">20.1148194444</data>
−
<data key="tags">
−
<dict>
−
<data key="riff">
−
<dict>
−
<data key="author">
−
<dict>
<data key="0">Some user entered author data here</data>
</dict>
</data>
−
<data key="title">
−
<dict>
−
<data key="0">
Some user entered title data here
</data>
</dict>
</data>
</dict>
</data>
</dict>
</data>
−
<data key="comments">
−
<dict>
−
<data key="author">
−
<dict>
<data key="0">ome user entered author data here</data>
</dict>
</data>
−
<data key="title">
−
<dict>
−
<data key="0">
Some user entered title data here
</data>
</dict>
</data>
</dict>
</data>
<data key="bitrate">1152000</data>
<data key="playtime_string">0:20</data>




On Mar 5, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Marcos Sueiro Bal wrote:

> For the sake of more completeness, here are three more tools to  
> view or edit BWAV metadata. I have not tried any of them.
>
> Netmix/Netmix Pro (PC/Mac):
> http://www.netmixpro.com/prod_netmix.shtml
>
> Soundminer/Miniminer (PC/Mac):
> http://www.soundminer.com/SM_Site/Home.html
>
> Media Rage (Mac):
> http://www.chaoticsoftware.com/ProductPages/MediaRage.html
>
> Marcos
>
>
> Richard L. Hess wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > As you may recall, I was having an interesting challenge with BWAV  
> > or BWF files.
> >
> > I was pointed to several BWAV viewers, but the PRO version of BWF  
> > Widget -- aimed at the film community, it seems -- permits editing.
> >
> > http://www.bwfwidget.com/index.html
> >
> > Has anyone used this software? Yes, I know there is a free  
> > download, but if anyone has any quick experiences positive or  
> > negative, that would be useful -- and if no one does, I'll  
> > probably buy it if it works even half-way well.
> >
> > For sake of completeness, the other tools are:
> >
> > EBU Chunk Viewer http://www.sr.se/utveckling/tu/bwf/ (Windows)
> > Quesosoft http://www.quesosoft.com/ (Mac, mostly, Viewer also on  
> > Windows)
> > Sebsky http://www.dharmafilm.com/sebskytools/ (Mac Only)
> > Wave Tools http://mda.smartelectronix.com/utilities.htm (Windows)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
> > Richard L. Hess                   email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Aurora, Ontario, Canada       (905) 713 6733     1-877-TAPE-FIX
> > Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/ 
> > contact.htm
> > Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.
>
> --
> Marcos Sueiro Bal
> Audio/Moving Image Archivist
> Preservation Division
> Columbia University