Format Standards

The format standards is called formatStandards.xml and can be located in the 'media' application sub-folder, and/or the user's documents folder. This file can be used to automatically set frame-rates and pixel aspect ratios for source clips.

If more than one formatStandards.xml file is present then the contents of each are concatenated. This file defines supported frame rates, pixel aspect ratios as well as format standards. PFTrack installs a default formatStandards.xml file in the application directory which can be used as a starting point for customisation. A sample file is given below:

<data>

  <frameRates>
    <frameRate>
      <name>Film</name>
      <fps>24</fps>
    </frameRate>
  </frameRates>

  <pixelAspectRatios>
    <pixelAspectRatio>
      <name>Square Pixel</name>
      <ratio>1:1</ratio>
    </pixelAspectRatio>
  </pixelAspectRatios>

  <formatStandards>
    <formatStandard>
      <name>2K</name>
      <resolution>2048 1556</resolution>
      <frameRate>Film</frameRate>
      <pixelAspect>Square Pixel</pixelAspect>
      <default>true</default>
    </formatStandard>

</formatStandards>

</data>

In cases where multiple standards for a particular resolution are specified, the tag indicates the format standard that will be used by default when loading the media.