MediaConch

Implementation and policy checking
on FFV1, Matroska, LPCM (and more)

Jérôme Martinez, MediaArea

No Time To Wait
Vienna, November 2017
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MediaArea

Open source software company focused on digital media analysis. We work (different levels of involvement) on:

  • MediaInfo
    Convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files
  • MediaConch
    Implementation checker, policy checker, & reporter
  • QCTools
    Helps users analyze and understand their digitized video files through use of audiovisual analytics and filtering
  • BWF MetaEdit, AVI MetaEdit, MOV MetaEdit
    Embedding, validating, and exporting of metadata
  • DV Analyzer
    Checking presence of technical errors in DV captures

What is MediaConch?

Implementation and Policy reporter
Reporter

What is MediaConch?

Implementation report:
Reporter
Policy report:
Reporter

What is MediaConch?

General information about your files
MediaInfo

What is MediaConch?

Inspect your files
Trace

What is MediaConch?

Policy editor
Policies

What is MediaConch?

Public policies
Public Policies

What is MediaConch?

Fixer

  • Segment sizes in Matroska
  • Matroska “bit flip” correction
  • FFV1 “bit flip” correction
    video_bitflip_detected

Integration

Archivematica is an integrated suite of open-source software tools that allows users to process digital objects from ingest to access in compliance with the ISO-OAIS functional model
video_bitflip_detected

MediaConch interfaces

  • Graphical interface
  • Web interface
  • Command line
  • Server (REST API)
  • (Work in progress) a library (.dll/.so/.dylib)

CELLAR: IETF workgroup

And after PREFORMA sponsorship?

It depends on you!

  • This is open source
  • Driven by user requests
  • Everyone can develop or sponsor a development
  • Potential features:
    • Support of tests for your prefered format
      (MOV? MXF? JP2k? WAV?)
    • Support of other checkers
      (BWF MetaEdit? QCTools?)
    • Integration in your workflow
    • ...

Stay in touch

MediaArea: https://mediaarea.net, @MediaArea_net

MediaConch: https://mediaarea.net/MediaConch, @MediaConch

Jérôme Martinez: jerome@mediaarea.net

Sponsoring program: https://mediaarea.net/SupportUs

Slides: https://mediaarea.net/Events

License: CC BY