View source for OMF Interchange

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|subcat=Audio and Music
|extensions={{ext|omf}}
|wikidata={{wikidata|Q1459344}}
|type code={{Type Code|OMFI}}
|released=1992
}}
Avid released a specification for a Open Media Framework Interchange file format, capable of containing audio, video, graphics, still images, etc<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Media_Framework_Interchange</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20000815100248/http://avid.com/3rdparty/omfi/index.html</ref>. The format was replaced with the [[AAF|Advanced Authoring Format]]<ref>http://www.edlmax.com/FormatOmf.htm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20000816225754/http://www.avid.com/news/press_releases/product_news/aaf.html</ref>.

==File Identification==
Later OMF files can contain the hex values {{magic|6F6D66693A64617461}} starting at byte 5, which is <code>omfi:data</code> in ASCII<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110728123616/http://www.linuxmedialabs.com/Downloads/LSI/omfspec21.pdf</ref>

Identification can also be made from 24 bytes from EOF.<ref>https://github.com/Ardour/ardour/blob/master/tools/omf/loader.cc#L149</ref>

OMFI 1 and 2 are different and some later software may not be compatible with the earlier version.<ref>https://www.mixonline.com/recording/workstation-file-format-interchange-part-1-364921</ref>

==Software==
* [http://archive.digidesign.com/download/omf/ OMFTool from Digidesign]

== References ==
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