Material Exchange Format

Material Exchange Format
Filename extension
.mxf
Internet media type
application/mxf
Type code"mxf"
Initial release22 September 2004; 20 years ago (2004-09-22)
Latest release
SMPTE ST 377-1:2019
28 January 2020; 4 years ago (2020-01-28)
Type of formatContainer format
Container forAudiovisual material, rich metadata
Open format?Yes
Free format?Yes[1]

Material Exchange Format (MXF) is a container format for professional digital video and audio media defined by a set of SMPTE standards. A typical example of its use is for delivering advertisements to TV stations and tapeless archiving of broadcast TV programs.[2] It is also used as part of the Digital Cinema Package for delivering movies to commercial theaters.

  1. ^ Material Exchange Format (MXF) (Full draft). Sustainability of Digital Formats. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Technical Specifications – Commercial File Delivery" (PDF). Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)