A Study of Embedded Metadata Support in Audio Recording Software

This report presents the findings of an ARSC Technical Committee study, coordinated and authored by AVPS, which evaluates support for embedded metadata within and across a variety of audio recording software applications. This work addresses two primary questions: (1) How well does embedded metadata persist, and is its integrity maintained, as it is handled by various applications, and (2) How well is embedded metadata handled during the process of creating a derivative? The report concludes that persistence and integrity issues are prevalent across the audio software applications studied. In addition to the report, test methods and reference files are provided for download, enabling the reader to perform metadata integrity testing.

• A STUDY OF EMBEDDED METADATA (PDF)
• THE TEST METHOD (PDF)
• TEST 1 REFERENCE FILES (ZIP)
• TEST 2 REFERENCE FILES (ZIP)
• TEST 3 REFERENCE FILES (ZIP)