- Extension
- .mxf
- .gsm
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Audio
- Developer
- SMPTE
- European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
- Description
- Multimedia format used by digital audio and video programs; contains captured audio and video data as well as metadata that describes the media stored in the file; designed by Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) as a standard container for audio and video data; can be converted into other formats, such as .AVI or .MOV.
- A lossy file format used to compress speech in Global Standard for Mobile (GSM) telecommunications. It is very effective for reducing audio file size. However, encoding and decoding audio signals severally is discouraged as the final product will have a lot of noise. Popular with some voice mail software but it is CPU intensive.
- MIME Type
- application/mxf
- audio/x-gsm
