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How the Media Indexer Works with AMA Material
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How the Media Indexer Works with AMA Material
In releases prior to Interplay v3.0, the Media Indexer was not able to index AMA material. This
limitation is related to the difference between AMA material (OP-1A format) and the OP-ATOM
format associated with .mxf material. The following illustration compares OP-1A and
OP-ATOM material.
MI
C
C
CC
C
CC
S
S
SS
A1
A1
A1
A2
A2
A2
V1
V1
V1
Media
Media Media Media
S
S
S
Avid AAF (OP-ATOM)
Interplay checkin
Create .spaaf files
One file ID
containing
three descriptors.
One descriptor per channel.
Three file IDs.
One per channel.
a.mxf b.mxf c.mxf
MyAMA.mov
ID-1
ID-2 ID-3
ID-4 ID-5
ID-6
d.spaaf
e.spaaf
f.spaaf
ID-1 V1 a.mxf
ID-2 A1 b.mxf
ID-3 A2 c.mxf
ID-4 V1 d.spaaf MyAMA.mov
ID-5 A1 e.spaaf MyAMA.mov
ID-6 A2 f.spaaf MyAMA.mov
Media Indexer data
MI = Media Indexer
C = Clip ID
S = Source ID (reference to source tape or file)
V1, A1, A2 = Video/Audio file IDs
D.V1, D.A1, D.A2 = Video/Audio descriptors
Legend
Reference to the media
AMA AAF (OP-1A)
C
S
D.A1
D.A2
D.V1