Future of MediaConch

Implementation and policy checker

Jérôme Martinez, MediaArea

No Time to Wait 6, October 2022

What is MediaConch?

Implementation and Policy reporter

What is MediaConch?

Implementation report:

Policy report:

What is MediaConch?

General information about your files

What is MediaConch?

Inspect your files

What is MediaConch?

Policy editor

What is MediaConch?

Public policies

The past

• Started in 2015 with European Union funding.
• Focused on open source formats (MKV/FFV1/PCM).
• Other companies selected for PDF and TIFF.
• Also the start of IETF Working Group for MKV/FFV1/FLAC standardization.

Latest developments
(2022)

• 3D audio (Dolby Atmos, MPEG-H, xHE-AAC/USAC, ADM) policy checker
• EIA-608 additional fields for policy checker
• TTML partial implementation & policy checker
• Check of MOV time code discontinuities
• Different levels of logging (error/warning/info)
• Fully online version (no file upload) for embed in your website

Latest developments
(2022)

Examples:

• Time code of last frame for MOV/MP4, TTML, SCC, MXF TC
• First displayed caption type of EIA-608
• Maximum count of lines per event and total count of lines of EIA-608
• Duration of the visible content in EIA-608
• Total count of lines in EIA-608
• Maximum count of lines per event in TTML
• Check of text stream frame rate vs container frame rate (coherency)

Current developments
(2023)

• WebVTT policy checker (min subtitle duration etc)
• STL/N19 policy checker (min subtitle duration etc)
• xHE-AAC/USAC full implementation checker
• ADM full implementation checker
• MXF partial implementation & policy checker
  focused on issues from broadcasters

And beyond?

• It depends on you.
• What are your needs?

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