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Opinion- MXF won’t happen in PPro until SMPTE acts
As stated before, Adobe has organized it’s metadata around xmp- an xml compliant app. Right now MXF can’t be used in PPro because there is no recognized MXF-XML standard yet. SMPTE is working very hard to get this finished, but it’s not there yet.
Once SMPTE adopts the standards for MXF-XML version, Adobe probably could have it pretty quick in my opinion.
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It seems like a mistake for Adobe to wait. Sony, Ikegami, and Panasonic seem to be homing in on MXF for their tapeless acquisition systems, and Sony already has an MXF-XML dictionary out. Avid and Final Cut already support MXF, yet I haven’t seen any hint of MXF support in Adobe’s latest release. If Adobe wants to play as a “serious” NLE, I don’t see how they not support this format.
Ralph
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[Ralph Keyser] “Sony already has an MXF-XML dictionary out. Avid and Final Cut already support MXF, yet I haven’t seen any hint of MXF support in Adobe’s latest release. If Adobe wants to play as a “serious” NLE, I don’t see how they not support this format.”
Ralph,
When the final MXF-XML dictionary comes out from SMPTE, Sony will have to revise it if they are going to stay compatible. Work done now without it, risks being non- compliant. This may not be a big deal for Sony, but obviously it is for Adobe.
I think it’s a bigger thing for Adobe because they have to make it jive with XMP- their version of a MXF wrapper. So it’s not only an XML issue at that point.
I believe that not too much after SMPTE’s sign-off on MXF-XML, Adobe will do the MXF thing.
If they have no intention of supporting MXF soon,
A. you are right. They aren’t serious about Pro level stuff.
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B. They plan to try and push XMP to the forefront- hoping that their market share will force XMP to be a co-existing defacto standard to MXF. Then it will be up to 3rd party software suppliers to “bridge” the gap.Of course, this is all speculation. Does this seem plausible to you?
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