Sustainability of Digital Formats: Planning for Library of Congress Collections |
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Introduction | Sustainability Factors | Content Categories | Format Descriptions | Contact |
Full name | MXF Generic Container with Uncompressed Video Essence YUY2 (yuv2) |
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Description |
MXF file with the Generic Container implementation for uncompressed video, with a picture essence structure identical to that identified by the FOURCC code YUY2. In the SMPTE MXF specification (ST 377-1), the structure is identified using the Apple four-character code yuv2. This picture data is typically associated with soundtrack essences and, as available, timecode, closed captioning, and other elements. |
Production phase | Generally employed in post-production or editing (middle phase) and in limited modes of dissemination (final phase). |
Relationship to other formats | |
Subtype of | MXF_GC_UNC, MXF Generic Container Mapped to Uncompressed Images |
Contains | YUY2, YUY2 Video Picture Encoding |
May contain | Audio and other essences of various types, not discussed at this time. |
LC experience or existing holdings | No extensive experience. |
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LC preference | None. For preservation reformatting, the Library of Congress' Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation has chosen MXF_OP1a_JP2_LL (lossless JPEG 2000 wrapped in MXF operational pattern 1a). |
Disclosure | See MXF and YUY2. |
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Documentation | See MXF and YUY2. |
Adoption | Moderate levels of adoption in professional production. |
Licensing and patents | None. |
Transparency | Relatively transparent; requires tools to write and read. |
Self-documentation | See MXF. |
External dependencies | None. |
Technical protection considerations | None. |
Moving Image | |
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Normal rendering | Supported |
Clarity (high image resolution) | See YUY2. |
Functionality beyond normal rendering | See MXF. |
Tag | Value | Note |
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Filename extension | See related format. | See MXF. |
Internet Media Type | See related format. | See MXF. |
Magic numbers | See related format. | See MXF. |
Other | Registry: 06.0E.2B.34.04.01.01.0A Item: 04.01.02.01.01.02.01.02 |
SMPTE Universal Label (see SMPTE Metadata Registries(link available through Internet Archive)). The statement of equivalency to Apple four character yuv2 is made in SMPTE standard ST 377-1, annex G. |
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