User Manual

Working with BWF Files
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Difference between Importing BWAV or AMA Linking to a BWAV with WaveAIFF
Plug-In
The following describes the differences between importing a BWAV file or AMA linking to a
BWAV file using the WaveAIFF Plug-In.
• The import process does not read iXML metadata. Performing an AMA Link using the
WaveAIFF plug-in will read iXML metadata.
• If the BWAV files contains an iXML tape name, this will appear as the “Sound Roll” and
will override the BWAV specification of “Tape.”
• Import will automatically group multiple mono clips based on file name patterns. AMA
linked files will not.
• The AMA linked version of the clip may sometimes be one frame shorter than the imported
version. This is because import is able to pad the end of the file with silence to fill out a
shortage of audio samples in the last video frame.
• During the import process, you are prompted to select the TC rate and the Sound TC and
start time are displayed. During the WaveAIFF AMA linking process, you are not prompted
to select the TC rate. The file TC rate comes from a setting (if not present in the file itself),
and the Sound TC and TC rate used are displayed in bin columns.