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| On Jul 22, 2013, at 1:10 PM, Steve Oakley wrote: > I think my only gripe about openEXR is that its an img sequence in a folder rather than a single file. I think too easy to loose bits. MXF single file is more appealing to me, especially since NLE's seem to be able to handle all the various flavors that are out there. Well, obviously the whole point of this is that it will be a movie format, but otherwise done in an OpenEXR style in the sense that it will be open and the codecs will all be open as well. I think I can tell you right now that I refuse to use QuickTime, possibly for purely emotional reasons. It represents proprietary format + codecs, single-platform, and cozying up to patent farms like MPEG LA. This new project will only use patent-free codecs. After doing some more research I think maybe using MXF as the container is the way to go. Ogg and Matroska (and QuickTime) seem more designed for playback while MXF was designed for production. The only downside in my mind is that it's a SMPTE standard as opposed to Matroska which is an open standard. Maybe some people would actually prefer that. But as I said, I would re-brand it, making a new name and a new extension for what is an MXF container limited to a list of free codecs. Anyone got ideas for a name? How about: Professional Open Movie Format (.pom) OpenMOV (.omv) OpenMovie (.omv) Others? Brendan |
