What's new in MediaConch (and MediaInfo)

What's new in MediaConch
(and MediaInfo)

Implementation and policy checker

Jérôme Martinez, MediaArea

No Time to Wait 7, November 2023

What is MediaConch?

Implementation and policy checker, reporter

The past

Started in 2015 with European Union funding.
Initial focus was 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.
Also the start of NTTW.

MediaConch latest developments (2023)

Different levels of logging (error/warning/info)
Fully online version (no file upload) for embeding in your website
Better support of several audio tracks
("all" or "any" policy rules)
xHE-AAC/USAC full implementation checker
Superfast option: parsing only the header

MediaInfo latest developments (2023)

Focus on MPEG-7 output:

Support of collections (for DVD Video)
3 modes (strict, relaxed*, extended*)
More sub-termIDs (AudioPresentationCS)
More PublicIdentifiers
More sub-termIDs (MP4, WAV, AVC, ProRes)

* Not always standard...

Sponsored by Bibliothèque Nationale de France (French national library)

MediaInfo latest developments (2023)

Others:

ISO 9660 native support (focused on DVD Video)
More HDR formats (SMPTE ST 2094-10, HDR Vivid)
Time code in MKV, AVC & HEVC
Extract of all time codes from a file, XML format (currrently only for for MXF)
APT-X100 a.k.a. Cinema DTS
N19/STL & WebVTT: more details (start/end timestamp, max count of lines, total count of lines, ...)
S-ADM in MGA in MXF, AAC in MXF

Not only about software
(2023)

Dedicated webpage for MediaInfo field names
Mapping to MPEG-7/PBCore/EBUCore and comparison of theses output formats
Sponsored by Bibliothèque Nationale de France

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