MXF

MXF (Material Exchange Format) is a multimedia container format.

Identification
The byte sequence  appears at or near the beginning of the file.

Specifications

 * SMPTE ST 377-1:2011 (not free to download)
 * RFC 4539: Media Type Registration for MXF

Software

 * Konvertor
 * VLC
 * MXFLib

Sample files

 * http://freemxf.org/samples/index.html
 * http://opencubetech.com/page47/

Links

 * Wikipedia article
 * mxf converter and mxf player
 * http://www.ezr8.com/mxf.html
 * MultimediaWiki article
 * Mailing list discussion: "MXF is the single most common video file format in the world."