Broadcast Wav File Tips; Quicktime - Merging Pyramix User Manual

leaving in blocks of typically 64 kB can instruct the hard drive's head to only seek to the corresponding blocks con-
taining the required data of channels 1 and 2.

Broadcast WAV file Tips.

File Types
There are two types of BWF file:
BWF P means polyphonic -> multitracks
BWF M means monophonic -> one file per track
The Cantar location recorder produces only BWF-M files, and some Avid people want BWF-P . To convert BWF M
BWF P mount the file in the Media Manager and select Convert > Quick Export , then do NOT check the One file
per Track option. (Uncheck it if necessary). All Scene and Takes information present in the original BWF file will be
also exported in the resulting BWF-P file.
Metadata
BWF files have a special chunk in the file that contains metadata; this is called the BEXT chunk or Broadcast Wave
File metadata.
The first field of this chunk is the Description. This is the field we display in the Name column for BWF files instead
of the file name. We do the same for PMF and OMF. We only display the real filename for Wave, AIFF and SDII that
have no metadata.
In v4.2.6 or higher you can add the FileName column to also display the real filename of all files. ( Media Manager
window View > Options : Columns tab)
Once renamed in the Media Manager both the Description field and the filename of your BWF files should be
updated.
iXML
WAV files generated by Pyramix can also contain iXML information and as such carry similar information to data
chunk of a BWF.
The iXML metadata of a WAV file is available to any compatible application, if the application is not iXML aware,
the file will be seen as a regular WAV.

Quicktime

In order to enable the Quicktime handler you will need to purchase and install Quicktime Pro from Apple.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/
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