{
 "id": "material-exchange-format",
 "name": "Material Exchange Format",
 "category": "other",
 "identifiers": {
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   "mxf"
  ],
  "mime": [
   "application/mxf"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/200",
   "fmt/783",
   "fmt/784",
   "fmt/785",
   "fmt/786",
   "fmt/787",
   "fmt/788",
   "fmt/789",
   "fmt/790",
   "fmt/791"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q1893311"
  ],
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   "fdd000013"
  ],
  "magic": [
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    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "060e2b34020501010d0102010102"
   }
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 },
 "status": "writable",
 "summary": "Object-based file format that wraps video, audio, and other bitstreams",
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   "name": "FFmpeg",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org",
   "license": "LGPL-2.1-or-later / GPL-2.0-or-later",
   "open_source": true,
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Adobe After Effects",
   "url": "https://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "Adobe Premiere Pro",
   "url": "http://adobe.com/products/premiere",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "CineAsset",
   "url": "http://www.doremilabs.com/products/cinema-products/cineasset/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "ExifTool",
   "url": "https://exiftool.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Artistic License / GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Final Cut Pro X",
   "url": "https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "GStreamer",
   "url": "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Library General Public License, version 2.0 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "HandBrake",
   "url": "https://handbrake.fr",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 2.0",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Media Composer",
   "url": "https://avid.com/media-composer",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "Movavi Video Editor",
   "url": "https://www.movavi.com/videoeditor/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "PhotoRec",
   "url": "http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Q3898244",
   "url": "https://MediaArea.net/MediaInfo",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "BSD licenses / GNU General Public License / GNU Lesser General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Shotwell",
   "url": "https://shotwell-project.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "VLC media player",
   "url": "https://www.videolan.org/vlc/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later",
   "open_source": true
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q1893311",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1893311",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/MXF",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
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   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "conversions": [
  {
   "to": "flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-1-2-1",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.mxf out.flac",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Audio track only: the video is dropped.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "waveform-audio",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.mxf out.wav",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Audio track only: the video is dropped.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "mpeg-1-2-audio-layer-3",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.mxf out.mp3",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy re-encoding.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "ogg",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.mxf out.ogg",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy re-encoding.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "mpeg-4-part-14",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.mxf out.mp4",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "matroska-1-4",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.mxf out.mkv",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "webm",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.mxf out.webm",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org"
  }
 ],
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}