ST 388:2004 - SMPTE Standard - For Television — Material Exchange Format (MXF) — Mapping A-law Coded Audio into the MXF Generic Container

This standard specifies the mapping of A-law coded audio into a sound essence track of the MXF generic container. A-law coding is a sample-by-sample coding defined by ITU G-711 and used throughout the audio transmission chain. — The MXF generic container is the native essence container of the material exchange format (MXF) file body. The MXF generic container is defined for the interchange of streamable audio-visual material. — This standard defines the data structure at the signal interfaces of networks or storage media. This standard does not define internal storage formats for MXF compliant devices.