4. Broadcast WAV Extension Metadata
4.1. Notes
A WAV file produced to Broadcast-WAV specifications will have the broadcast metadata extension, which includes a 256-character free text descrption, creating entity identifier (usually the recording application or equipment), the date and time of recording and a time reference for timecode synchronization.
The coding_history
is designed to contain a record of every conversion performed on the audio file.
In this example (from a Sound Devices 702T) the bext metadata contains
scene/take slating information in the
description.
Here also the
originator_ref
is a serial number conforming to EBU Rec 99.
If the bext metadata conforms to EBU 3285 v1, it will contain the WAV’s 32 or 64 byte SMPTE ST 330 UMID. The 32-byte version of the UMID is usually just a random number, while the 64-byte UMID will also have information on the recording date and time, recording equipment and entity, and geolocation data.
If the bext metadata conforms to EBU 3285 v2, it will hold precomputed program loudness values as described by EBU Rec 128.
Note
All text fields in the Broadcast-WAV metadata structure are decoded by
default as flat ASCII. To override this and use a different encoding, pass
an string encoding name to the bext_encoding parameter of
WavInfoReader()
4.2. Example
print(info.bext.description)
print("----------")
print("Originator:", info.bext.originator)
print("Originator Ref:", info.bext.originator_ref)
print("Originator Date:", info.bext.originator_date)
print("Originator Time:", info.bext.originator_time)
print("Time Reference:", info.bext.time_reference)
print(info.bext.coding_history)
Result:
sSPEED=023.976-ND
sTAKE=1
sUBITS=$12311801
sSWVER=2.67
sPROJECT=BMH
sSCENE=A101
sFILENAME=A101_1.WAV
sTAPE=18Y12M31
sTRK1=MKH516 A
sTRK2=Boom
sNOTE=
----------
Originator: Sound Dev: 702T S#GR1112089007
Originator Ref: USSDVGR1112089007124001008206301
Originator Date: 2018-12-31
Originator Time: 12:40:00
Time Reference: 2190940753
A=PCM,F=48000,W=24,M=stereo,R=48000,T=2 Ch