Advanced Media Workflow Association

Advanced Media Workflow Association, Inc. (AMWA)^[1]
Formation	2000
Type	Industry association
Headquarters	Madison, WI
Location	United States;
Official language	English
Executive Director	Brad Gilmer
Website	www.amwa.tv

The Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) is an industry association focused on the content creation industry's move to IP-based architectures. AMWA promotes industry standards that allow diverse devices to discover and interoperate with each other reliably and securely.^[2]

Work

As part of AMWA's collaborative process AMWA specifications are published on GitHub.^[3]^[4]

AMWA's Framework for Interoperable Media Service (FIMS) integrates a common approach to integrate hardware devices and software components in TV production facilities ^[5] ^[6]

Networked Media Open Specifications (NMOS) provide discovery, registration and control services for the SMPTE ST 2110 media over IP protocol suite, and other media over IP applications.^[7]^[8]

The Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) is a multimedia file format for professional media creators. AAF provides cross-platform data interchange, designed for the video post-production and authoring environment.^[9]^[10]^[11]

AAF and Material Exchange Format (MXF) are successors to Open Media Framework (OMF).^[10]

Published specifications

AMWA publishes interface specifications, data models, best current practices, application specifications and informative documents.^[12]

Interface specifications

IS-01: AAF C++ SDK reference implementation.
IS-03: Media Authoring with Java (MAJ) API
IS-04: NMOS Discovery & Registration API
IS-05: NMOS Device Connection Management API
IS-06: NMOS Network Control
IS-07: NMOS Event & Tally API
IS-08: NMOS Audio Channel Mapping
IS-09: NMOS System Parameters
IS-10: NMOS Authorization
IS-11: NMOS Stream Compatibility Management
IS-12: NMOS Control Protocol

Data models

MS-01: AAF Data Model
MS-02: Mapping from AAF objects to Structured Storage
MS-03: Structured Storage Specification
MS-04: A model for identity and timing in AMWA NMOS specifications.
MS-05-01: NMOS Control Framework
MS-05-02: NMOS Control Block Specs

Best current practices

BCP-001-02: AMWA Specification Process
BCP-002-01: Natural Grouping of NMOS Resources
BCP-003-01: Secure Communication in NMOS Systems
BCP-003-02: Authorization in NMOS Systems
BCP-003-03: Certificate provisioning in NMOS Systems
BCP-004-01: Receiver Capabilities
BCP-005-01: EDID to Receiver Capabilities Mapping
BCP-006-01: NMOS With JPEG XS

Application specifications

AS-01: AAF Edit Protocol
AS-02: MXF Versioning (was MXF Mastering Format)
AS-03: MXF Program Delivery
AS-05: AAF Effects Protocol
AS-07: MXF Archive & Preservation
AS-10: MXF for Production
AS-11: Media Contribution File Formats
AS-12: MXF Commercial Delivery

Informative Documents

INFO-001: Control / Monitoring / Management Architectural Sprint
INFO-002: Security Implementation Guide
INFO-003: Sink Metadata Processing Architecture
INFO-004: Implementation Guide for DNS-SD
INFO-005: Implementation Guide for NMOS Controllers
INFO-006: Implementation guide for NMOS Device Capabilities Control

History

The AMWA began in January 2000 as the Advanced Authoring Format Association. The organization's name was officially changed in May 2007.^[1] The first NMOS specification (IS-04) was published in 2016.

References

^ ^a ^b "About". AMWA.
^ "AMWA, EBU, SMPTE Announce Groundbreaking Collaboration To Drive Future Media Standards & Interoperability Across Digital Media Ecosystem".
^ "AMWA - Advanced Media Workflow Association". GitHub.
^ "NABShow2019 - IP Showcase Theater - AMWA NMOS: The whole story" (PDF).
^ "AMWA/EBU FIMSJoint Task Force to Seek a Framework for Interoperable Media Services" (PDF).
^ April 2011, David Austerberry 06 (6 April 2011). "AMWA, EBU to demonstrate service-oriented media workflow at NAB Show". TVTechnology.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Bridge, The Broadcast (August 13, 2018). "AMWA, NMOS and open standards - The Broadcast Bridge - Connecting IT to Broadcast". www.thebroadcastbridge.com.
^ Porter, R.; Sylvester-Bradley, G. (October 24, 2018). "Scalability and Performance of the AMWA IS-04 and IS-05 NMOS Specifications for Networked Media". SMPTE 2018. pp. 1–20. doi:10.5594/M001842. ISBN 978-1-61482-960-7. S2CID 86693610 – via IEEE Xplore.
^ "AAF". AMWA.
^ ^a ^b "EdlMax - AAf Format". www.edlmax.com.
^ "Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) Object, Version 1.1". www.loc.gov. December 16, 2011.
^ "Specs". AMWA.

External links

[AMWAabout-1] "About". AMWA.

[AMWAebuannounce-2] "AMWA, EBU, SMPTE Announce Groundbreaking Collaboration To Drive Future Media Standards & Interoperability Across Digital Media Ecosystem".

[AMWAgithub-3] "AMWA - Advanced Media Workflow Association". GitHub.

[NABshow2019-4] "NABShow2019 - IP Showcase Theater - AMWA NMOS: The whole story" (PDF).

[AMWAebujnt-5] "AMWA/EBU FIMSJoint Task Force to Seek a Framework for Interoperable Media Services" (PDF).

[tvtech-6] April 2011, David Austerberry 06 (6 April 2011). "AMWA, EBU to demonstrate service-oriented media workflow at NAB Show". TVTechnology.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[bdcstbrnmos-7] Bridge, The Broadcast (August 13, 2018). "AMWA, NMOS and open standards - The Broadcast Bridge - Connecting IT to Broadcast". www.thebroadcastbridge.com.

[SMPTEnmos-8] Porter, R.; Sylvester-Bradley, G. (October 24, 2018). "Scalability and Performance of the AMWA IS-04 and IS-05 NMOS Specifications for Networked Media". SMPTE 2018. pp. 1–20. doi:10.5594/M001842. ISBN 978-1-61482-960-7. S2CID 86693610 – via IEEE Xplore.

[AMWAaaf-9] "AAF". AMWA.

[EDLmax-10] "EdlMax - AAf Format". www.edlmax.com.

[LOCaff-11] "Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) Object, Version 1.1". www.loc.gov. December 16, 2011.

[AMWAspecs-12] "Specs". AMWA.

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