Material Exchange Format

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Object-based file format that wraps video, audio, and other bitstreams

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Extensions	`.mxf`
MIME types	`application/mxf`
Signatures	`060e2b34020501010d0102010102` at byte 0
PRONOM	`fmt/200fmt/783fmt/784fmt/785fmt/786fmt/787fmt/788fmt/789fmt/790fmt/791`
Wikidata	`Q1893311`
Library of Congress	`fdd000013`

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FFmpegOpen sourcereads and writes · LGPL-2.1-or-later / GPL-2.0-or-later
ExifToolOpen sourcereads · Artistic License / GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later
GStreamerOpen sourcereads · GNU Library General Public License, version 2.0 or later
HandBrakeOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
PhotoRecOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
Q3898244Open sourcereads · BSD licenses / GNU General Public License / GNU Lesser General Public License
ShotwellOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later
VLC media playerOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later
Final Cut Pro Xreads and writes · proprietary license
Adobe After Effectsreads · proprietary license
Adobe Premiere Proreads · proprietary license
CineAssetreads
Media Composerreads · proprietary license
Movavi Video Editorreads · proprietary license

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) 1.2.1	FFmpeg	Partial	`ffmpeg -i in.mxf out.flac` Audio track only: the video is dropped.
Waveform Audio	FFmpeg	Partial	`ffmpeg -i in.mxf out.wav` Audio track only: the video is dropped.
Matroska 1-4	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.mxf out.mkv` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.
MPEG 1/2 Audio Layer 3	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.mxf out.mp3` Lossy re-encoding.
MPEG-4 Part 14	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.mxf out.mp4` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.
Ogg	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.mxf out.ogg` Lossy re-encoding.
WebM	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.mxf out.webm` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.

From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.