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.
Work
As part of AMWA's collaborative process, AMWA specifications are published on GitHub.
AMWA's Framework for Interoperable Media Service (FIMS) integrates a common approach to integrate hardware devices and software components in TV production facilities
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.
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.
AAF and Material Exchange Format (MXF) are successors to Open Media Framework (OMF).
Published specifications
AMWA publishes interface specifications, data models, best current practices, application specifications and informative documents.
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 Architecture MS-05-02: NMOS Control Framework
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. The first NMOS specification (IS-04) was published in 2016.
References
External links
AMWA Official website NMOS Specifications