| FileName |
In order to provide a concise presentation the filepaths are displayed from the directory path where the files diverge. Thus if two files are opened from /HardDrive1/audiofiles/music/audiofile.wav and /HardDrive1/audiofiles/spokenword/audiofileB.wav then these will be displayed in the table view as /music/audiofile.wav and /spokenword/audiofileB.wav since the /HardDrive1/audiofiles section of the Filepath is common to the open files.
The CSV version of the Technical Metadata view displays the full filepath to each file. |
| FileSize |
The size of the audio file in bytes. |
| Format |
This value represents the type of compression utilized within the audio data. Below is a sample of compression codes:
| 0000 | Unknown |
| 0001 | PCM / Uncompressed |
| 0002 | Microsoft ADPCM |
| 0006 | ITU G.711 a-law |
| 0007 | ITU G.711 Aµ-law |
| 0011 | IMA ADPCM |
| 0016 | ITU G.723 ADPCM (Yamaha) |
| 0031 | GSM 6.10 |
| 0040 | ITU G.721 ADPCM |
| 0050 | MPEG |
| FFFF | Experimental |
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| Channels |
The number of audio signals that are encoded in the audio data. A value of '1' indicates mono audio, '2' for stereo, etc. |
| SampleRate |
The number of audio samples per second. |
| BitRate |
The number of bits utilized per second of audio. |
| BitsPerSample |
The number of bits utilized to produce one sample of audio. |
| Duration |
The total playing time for the audio data, displayed in HH:MM:SS.mmm (hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds) |
| Bext |
This column notes the existence of the <bext> chunk by either stating 'No', 'Version 0' or 'Version 1' (indicated of the version of bext chunk utilized). |
| INFO |
Notes the existence of the INFO chunk, either 'Yes' or 'No'. |
| XMP |
Notes the existence of the XMP chunk, either 'Yes' or 'No'. Right-click on this cell provides options to Import, Export, or Remove xml data. Doubling-clicking on the cell brings a text editor. Changes are not made until the file is saved. |
| aXML |
Notes the existence of the aXML chunk, either 'Yes' or 'No'. Right-click on this cell provides options to Import, Export, or Remove xml data. Doubling-clicking on the cell brings a text editor. Changes are not made until the file is saved. |
| iXML |
Notes the existence of the iXML chunk, either 'Yes' or 'No'. Right-click on this cell provides options to Import, Export, or Remove xml data. Doubling-clicking on the cell brings a text editor. Changes are not made until the file is saved. |
| MD5 |
If an MD5 chunk exists, this column will show the stored value. This MD5 value is a checksum of the audio data only (starting after the <data> chunk identifier and size) and does not include the file's metadata or any other chunk. |
| MD5 evaluated |
If the MD5 is evaluated it will appear in this column. Any conflict between this column and the 'MD5' column indicates a change in the audio data portion of the file between the current evaluation and the stored evaluation. |
| Errors |
Provides statements about potential structural problems with a given audio files: for instance if the RIFF size statement conflicts with the actual file size or if the audio files does not utilize padding bytes to follow odd byte length chunks. |
| Information |
Used for status notes and technical information during operation. |