audio fileFormat: add "Wave" or can "bwf" actually be embedded in file metadata?

[genfhk]

is "BWF" just an acronym for a proper Broadcast Wave that is actually described in its metadata as "format = Wave", or, if there's something missing from our .wav's what is it that will make a file appear as "format = BWF" ? Discuss with vendors and update schema.

[nkrabben]

We can allow either BWF or Wave in that field. Both values accurately describe our waves, although MediaInfo will always identify a BWF as a Wave. List of all formats reported by MediaInfo: https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfoLib/blob/a83901645b5327ac175976894d730d1590baf552/Source/Resource/Text/DataBase/Format.csv

[genfhk]

yeah my question is whether we should stop calling them 'bwf's since they will never be identified that way. I will add "wave" to the vocab and any requirement to stop using "bwf" will have to wait until next version / MSA (....vendor development capability issues).

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We can allow either BWF or Wave in that field. Both values accurately describe our waves, although MediaInfo will always identify a BWF as a Wave. List of all formats reported by MediaInfo: https://github.com/MediaArea/ MediaInfoLib/blob/a83901645b5327ac175976894d730d 1590baf552/Source/Resource/Text/DataBase/Format.csv

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[genfhk]

added. Deprecating "bwf" will be separate issue.

[nkrabben]

sorry, i thought i had closed this by mistake