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RAWcooked and risk of non reversibility, update to v23.09+ recommended

We discovered a possible edge case for non-reversibility when using RAWcooked on some forms of corrupt DPX/TIFF/EXR files (specifically when the first four bytes are not the magic number of that format). We recommend updating to the last RAWcooked release (23.09+) to avoid this risk. [continue]

No Log4j in MediaArea products

Software developed by MediaArea doesn't contain Log4j so no Log4Shell vulnerability with them. [continue]

Announcing RAWcooked 21.01!

Thanks to support from New York Public Library, MediaArea is proud to present a new and improved version of RAWcooked [continue]

Announcing BWF MetaEdit 20.05!

Thanks to renewed support from the FADGI and the Library of Congress, MediaArea is proud to present a new and improved version of BWF MetaEdit [continue]

Why we changed MediaConch's license

We explain the reasons behind the license change of MediaConch. [continue]

Using QtWebEngine on the Mac App Store

Building an QtWebEngine-based app for the Mac App Store is not easy, below are the modifications we have made to Qt 5.8 in order to have our QtWebEngine-based app validated by Apple. [continue]

MediaConch Ultimate Report

MediaConch Ultimate Report The process for the creation of MediaConch started in the summer of 2014, when MediaArea began drafting a proposal to develop a new conformance checker for audiovisual tools. Fortunately, we were selected to develop this validation software for Matroska-wrapped FFV1 files with LPCM audio. The first phase was a "design" phase, lasting from November 2014 to March… [continue]

Interview with Brian E. Davis

Interview with Brian E. Davis of Oregon State University Editor's note: This is the seventh in a series of interviews with people using MediaConch within their institutions. You can find and read the previous entries here. Hey Brian! Introduce yourself please. Hi Ashley! I’m Brian, the head of the Digital Production Unit for the Special Collections & Archives Research Center at Oregon State… [continue]

Interview with Patricia Falcao and Francesca Colussi

Interview with Patricia Falcao and Francesca Colussi of Tate Editor's note: This is the seventh in a series of interviews with people using MediaConch within their institutions. You can find and read the previous entries here. Hey Patricia and Francesca! Introduce yourselves please. PF: My name is Patricia Falcao and I am a time-based media conservator at Tate. I’ve had different roles within… [continue]

Interview with Brendan Coates

Interview with Brendan Coates Editor's note: This is the seventh in a series of interviews with people using MediaConch within their institutions. You can find and read the previous entries here. Hey Brendan! Introduce yourself please. Hey everybody, I’m Brendan and at my day job I’m the AudioVisual Digitization Technician at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I run three labs here… [continue]