Manual

(a) Process unsupported files as WAV. With this tick-box ticked, any MXF file that
is not in a supported format will be converted to a WAV and processed in the
same way that other non-native files are processed. If you un-tick this box then
non-supported MXF files will trigger a failure.
AMB supports the OP-1a and OP-Atom operating patterns, and any audio in the
file must be in either PCM or D10/AES3 format.
(b) Update Metadata. Part of the MXF specification says that any program that
modifies an MXF file should add some specific metadata to say that a modification
had taken place. With this option turned on, AMB will add that metadata, with it
turned off, it will not.
(c) Enable AS-11 UK DPP checks. Globally enable/disable AS-11 checks as
required by the UK DPP. For specific tests, click on the ‘Settings’ button.
i. Skip line-up if present. With this option turned on, AMB will ignore any
line-up tone found at the beginning of the file. This is done by looking for the
‘Line up start’ metadata and then skipping forward to the 10-hour time-code
mark in the file. Specifically, there is no checking for a line-up tone in the
audio. If some audio needs to be skipped, this overrides the ‘Ignore Head’
setting.
ii. Reject if shim information is missing/invalid. This version of AMB has
been written with the UK DPP shims for SD and HD content version 1.1. With
this option turned on, if there is no shim information in the file, or if the version
does not match, then the file will fail.
iii. Reject missing details. With this option turned on, AMB will check for the
required metadata. If any is missing then the file will fail. Note that the
contents of the metadata are not validated. The list of items checked are:
Section Item
AS-11 Core metadata
Series Title
Program Title
Episode Title Number
Shim Name
Shim Version
Audio Track Layout
Primary Audio Language
AS-11 UKDPP metadata
Production Number
Synopsis
Originator
Copyright Year
Secondary Audio Language
Tertiary Audio Language
Audio Loudness Standard
iv. Copy side-car file. AMB will look in the same folder as the mxf file for a file
with the same name but the xml extension. If this option is turned on and
that file exists, it will copy the file to the ‘Corrected Folder’ upon completion.
N.B. The file is not modified in any way.
v. Log all metadata to the log file. With this option turned on, all discovered
metadata is sent to both the log window and the log file.
vi. Process M&E tracks The definition of what each channel contains is part of
the ‘Audio Track Layout’ metadata extracted from the file. Some of those
tracks may be marked as M&E in which case they do not normally need
processing (as they will usually be loudness corrected once mixed with the
dialog from another language). With this option turned on, they will processed
in addition to the rest of the audio.
vii. Default 4/16-channel layout If the ‘Audio Track Layout’ metadata is
missing from the file, you will need to tell AMB how to interpret the audio
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