What’s an OEM file?

[Steve Kownacki]

I’ve never heard of it in the video sense, but you probably found it to mean Original Equipment Manufacturer – the company the originally produced a part for another company. Such as a Mopar oil filter is OEM for Chrysler products but a FRAM filter is not.

I’m guessing he’s just referring to the original files and not any particular flavor of digital file.

Steve

[Richard Crowley]

As Mr. Kownacki said, “OEM” is not a file or codec type. It is a loose, generic description that really doesn’t mean anything definable in this context. If in doubt ask for WAV or AIFF as they are the “baseline”, uncompressed audio formats.

It would have been particularly helpful if you had mentioned the platform (PC? Mac?) and editing software you are using. But surely you can review the audio import function and see a list of the different file types it accepts.

[Steve Kownacki]

Or perhaps he is using the wrong acronym and he actually means OMF?

Steve

[John Fishback]

I vote for OMF (Open Media Framework). That would make sense.

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz, 16 GB RAM, OS 10.8.4, QT10.1, Kona 3, Dual Cinema 23, ATI Radeon HD 5870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.3, Motion 4.0.3, Comp 3.5.3, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.3)
FCP-X 10.0.9, Motion 5.0.7, Compressor 4.0.7

Pro Tools HD 10 w SYNC IO & 192 Digital I/O, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec DSP Monitors, Prima CDQ120 ISDN

[Matt Davis]

Thanks for the responses. I followed up with him. It was a typo. He’d meant OMF files. Which some of you clued into and which makes WAY more sense.

Thanks all!