Advanced Media Workflow Association Explained

Advanced Media Workflow Association, Inc. (AMWA)^[1]
Formation:	2000
Type:	Industry association
Headquarters:	Madison, WI
Location:	United States
Language:	English
Leader Title:	Executive Director
Leader Name:	Brad Gilmer

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.

External links

• AMWA Official website
• NMOS Specifications

Notes and References

1. Web site: About. AMWA.
2. Web site: AMWA, EBU, SMPTE Announce Groundbreaking Collaboration To Drive Future Media Standards & Interoperability Across Digital Media Ecosystem.
3. Web site: AMWA - Advanced Media Workflow Association. GitHub.
4. Web site: NABShow2019 - IP Showcase Theater - AMWA NMOS: The whole story.
5. Web site: AMWA/EBU FIMSJoint Task Force to Seek a Framework for Interoperable Media Services.
6. Web site: AMWA, EBU to demonstrate service-oriented media workflow at NAB Show. David Austerberry 06. April 2011. TVTechnology. 6 April 2011 .
7. Web site: AMWA, NMOS and open standards - The Broadcast Bridge - Connecting IT to Broadcast. The Broadcast. Bridge. August 13, 2018. www.thebroadcastbridge.com.
8. Book: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8610041. Scalability and Performance of the AMWA IS-04 and IS-05 NMOS Specifications for Networked Media. R.. Porter. G.. Sylvester-Bradley. SMPTE 2018 . October 24, 2018. 1–20. IEEE Xplore. 10.5594/M001842. 978-1-61482-960-7 . 86693610 .
9. Web site: AAF. AMWA.
10. Web site: EdlMax - AAf Format. www.edlmax.com.
11. Web site: Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) Object, Version 1.1. December 16, 2011. www.loc.gov.
12. Web site: Specs. AMWA.