Technical Metadata

The Technical Metadata view displays information about each file (in either a CSV document or a table) including the file size, metadata from the <fmt > chunk, the existence of key metadata chunks, and file warnings.
Value NameDescription
FileName In order to provide a concise presentation the filepaths are displayed from the directory path where the files diverge. Thus if two files are opened from /HardDrive1/videofiles/movies/videofile.avi and /HardDrive1/videofiles/spokenword/videofileB.avi then these will be displayed in the table view as /movies/videofile.avi and /spokenword/videofileB.avi since the /HardDrive1/videofiles section of the Filepath is common to the open files.
The CSV version of the Technical Metadata view displays the full filepath to each file.
FileSize The size of the video file in bytes.
Format This value represents the type of container utilized by the file, including profile information. Example: AVI (OpenDML).
Duration The total playing time, displayed in HH:MM:SS.mmm (hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds)
Vid Format The name of the codec used to encode the video data.
Vid CodecID The four character code (fourCC) used by the AVI container to describe the video codec. This value is presented in ASCII characters. Below is a sample of compression codes:
dvsdDV 25 Mbps
DV50DV 50 Mbps
H264H.264
IV30Indeo
JFIFJPEG
LJ2KJPEG 2000
MP41MPEG-4 Visual
v210YUV 10 bit
Vid FrameRate The amount of frames per second intended for presentation on playback of the file.
Vid Width The number of pixel columns within the frames of the video stream.
Vid Height The number of pixel rows within the frames of the video stream.
Vid BitDepth The number of bits of data per channel per pixel that the video data will decode to.
Vid BitRate A measurement in bits per second for the video stream.
Aud Format The name of the codec used to encode the audio data.
Aud Format The two character code (twoCC) used by the AVI container to describe the audio codec. This value is presented in hexadecimal representation. Below is a sample of compression codes:
0000Unknown
0001PCM / Uncompressed
0002Microsoft ADPCM
0006ITU G.711 a-law
0007ITU G.711 Aµ-law
0011IMA ADPCM
0016ITU G.723 ADPCM (Yamaha)
0031GSM 6.10
0040ITU G.721 ADPCM
0050MPEG
FFFEExtensible (used by Microsoft to provide a GUID as codec identifier)
FFFFExperimental
Aud Channels The number of audio channels encoded within the audio stream.
Aud SampleRate The number of audio samples per second.
Aud BitRate The number of bits utilized per second of audio.
Aud BitDepth The number of bits of data per channel per sample that the audio data will decode to.
Tdat Notes the existance of the Tdat chunk, either 'Yes' or 'No'. The tdat chunk is often used in Grass Valley and Adobe AVI applications.
INFO Notes the existence of the INFO chunk, either 'Yes' or 'No'.
XMP Notes the existence of the XMP chunk, either 'Yes' or 'No'. Right-click on this cell provides options to Import, Export, or Remove xml data. Doubling-clicking on the cell brings a text editor. Changes are not made until the file is saved.
aXML Notes the existence of the aXML chunk, either 'Yes' or 'No'. Right-click on this cell provides options to Import, Export, or Remove xml data. Doubling-clicking on the cell brings a text editor. Changes are not made until the file is saved.
iXML Notes the existence of the iXML chunk, either 'Yes' or 'No'. Right-click on this cell provides options to Import, Export, or Remove xml data. Doubling-clicking on the cell brings a text editor. Changes are not made until the file is saved.
MD5 If an MD5 chunk exists, this column will show the stored value. This MD5 value is a checksum of the stream data only and does not include the file's metadata or any other chunk.
MD5 evaluated If the MD5 is evaluated it will appear in this column. Any conflict between this column and the 'MD5' column indicates a change in the stream data portion of the file between the current evaluation and the stored evaluation.
Errors Provides statements about potential structural problems with a given audio files: for instance if the RIFF size statement conflicts with the actual file size or if the audio files does not utilize padding bytes to follow odd byte length chunks.
Information Used for status notes and technical information during operation.