ALEXA SXT / 65 / SXT W / LF

AMIRA & Mini / LF

ARRI META Extract 4.1.0.0 (GUI)

Date: 21 August 2019

Table of Content
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3 Supported Input Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4 Feature Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.1 New Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.2 Past Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Known Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6 Questions and Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1 Introduction
ARRI META Extract (AME) 4.1.0 is a utility to retrieve the static and dynamic camera metadata from
ALEXA Mini LF Sup 6.0, ALEXA LF SUP 4.0, ALEXA SXT 2.0, ALEXA 6,5 SUP 2.0, ALEXA Mini Sup
5.0 and AMIRA SUP 5.0

2 System Requirements
Mac Systems:

OS X 10.11
OS X 10.12
OS X 10.13
OS X 10.14

PC Systems:

64 bit Windows 7
64 bit Windows 8
64 bit Windows 10

Linus Systems:

64 bit Ubuntu 16.04.6

64 bit Ubuntu 18.04.2

3 Supported Input Formats

ALEXA - QuickTime/ProRes ALEXA - MXF/DNxHD

ALEXA & ALEXA 65 - ARRIRAW
DPX files rendered with ARRIRAW Converter 3.x and higher AMIRA – QuickTime/ProRes
ALEXA Mini - QuickTime/ProRes
Open EXR files renderd with ARRIRAW Converter 3.x and higher ProRes files renderd with
ARRIRAW Converter 3.x and higher
.arx Codex HDE (High Density Encoding) format
ALEXA Mini LF – MXF/ARRIRAW
ALEXA Mini LF – MXF/ProRes
4 Feature Overview

4.1 New Release

Version Changes Bug fixes

4.1
Support of all new ALEXA Mini LF Several other bug fixes
MXF/ARRIRAW recording formats:
ALEXA Mini LF Open Gate:
4.5K MXF/ARRIRAW
ALEXA Mini LF 16:9: UHD
MXF/ARRIRAW
ALEXA Mini LF 2.39:1: 4.5K
MXF/ARRIRAW
Support of all new ALEXA Mini LF MXF/ProRes
recording formats:
ALEXA Mini LF Open Gate: 4.5K
MXF/ProRes
ALEXA Mini LF 2.39:1: 4.5K MXF/ProRes
ALEXA Mini LF 16:9: UHD, 2K and HD
MXF/ProRes

4.2 Past Changes

Version Changes Bug fixes

4.0.0
Creationof 3D LUT formats with OpenColorIO (OCIO) No further Python Drop Frame
dependencies. Supported 3DLUT Formats with OCIO: – Iridas Time Code.
Metadata extraction for CODEX HDE format (High Density Encoding) Checks Automatically
HDE packed .arx data with CRC checksum. detection of
New output format XMP. The AME GUI version can be used to extract Drop Frame
metadata in XMP.xml format TC and Non
Drop Frame
TC.

3.4.5 Several bug fixes

Support of new input file formats
ARRIRAW 16by9 3.2 files recorded with ALEXA SXT SUP 1.0.
Extracting ARRI Look File 2 (ALF-2)
The new ALF-2 Look file format (3D LUT with CDL grading values)
can be extracted from ALEXA SXT ARRIRAW and ProRes files as
.aml look file.
New metadata fields for ALEXA Mini files.
Noise Reduction Mode (NRI03) in SXT ARRIRAW
clips
 Noise Reduction Strength (NRI04) in SXT ARRIRAW
clips
Noise Reduction applied (NRI05) in SXT ARRIRAW
and ProRes clips

3.4.0 Several bug fixes

Support of new input file formats :
MXF/ARRIRAW files recorded with ALEXA Mini SUP
4.0 and higher
ProRes files rendered with ARRIRAW Converter 3.4
and higher
Open EXR files rendered with ARRIRAW Converter
3.4 and higher. OpenEXR files and ProRes clips
rendered with ARC GUI or CMD version 3.4
containing the original ARRIRAW camera metadata
information as well as ALF-2 Look information.
Extracting ARRI Look File 2 (ALF-2): The new ALF-2 Look file
format (3D LUT with CDL grading values) can be extracted from
ALEXA Mini ProRes and MXF/ARRIRAW files and AMIRA ProRes
files as .aml look file.
Extracting of audio wave files from MXF/ARRIRAW clips with audio
tracks
New metadata fields for ALEXA Mini files:
Recorder Type (CDI30) only for MXF/ARRIRAW clips
Active Image Left offset (IDI06-1)
Active Image Top offset (IDI06-2)
Active Image Width (IDI06-3)
Active Image Height (IDI06-4)
Full Image Width (IDI07-3)
Full Image Height (IDI07-4)
Lens Squeeze (ICI18)
Look Modified (ICI38-3)
Look Target Color Space (ICI34-10)
ND Filter Type (LDI07-1)
Frame Line File 1 (FLI03)
Frame Line Rectangle Frame Line 1A (FLI05) struct
Frame Line Rectangle Frame Line 1B (FLI06) struct
Frame Line Rectangle Frame Line 1C (FLI07) struct

3.3.0 Several bug fixes

New metadata fields for ALEXA image data checksum: When CRC
Check bottom is ticked the checksum will be verified during the
metadata extraction. Image Data CRC = OK > A checksum is
available (only in SUP 11 with ALEXA XT) and verification was
successful.
Image Data Checksum (ICI42)
Image Data CRC (ICI43)
New metadata fields for ALEXA Frame Lines: In SUP 11 is it
possible to store the metadata from up to 6 frame lines in the file
header of ARRIRAW, QT and MXF ALEXA files. As frame line can
be used the camera internal frame lines (ARRI 1.33 / ARRI
1.66/ ) or the frame line .xml files from the new ARRI Frame Line
Composer 3. (AFLC 3)
http://www.arri.com/camera/alexa/tools/alexa_frameline_composer/
One frame line xml from the AFLC 3 can keep up to three different
frame line aspect ratios (Format A/B/C). When the xml file is loaded
into the ALEXA camera as Frame Line 1 (FLI03) it creates Frame
Line 1A/1B/1C and loaded as Frame Line 2 (FLI04) it creates
Frame Line 2A/2B/2C. In the Frame Line Type (FLI05-1) the Frame
Line 1A (FLI05) is tagged as "Master" Frame Line.
Version (FLI02)
Frame Line File 1 (FLI03)
Frame Line File 2 (FLI0A)
Frame Line Rectangle Frame Line 1A (FLI05) struct
Frame Line Rectangle Frame Line 1B (FLI06) struct
Frame Line Rectangle Frame Line 1C (FLI07) struct
Frame Line Rectangle Frame Line 2A (FLI08) struct
Frame Line Rectangle Frame Line 2B (FLI09) struct
Frame Line Rectangle Frame Line 2C (FLI20) struct
Struct for every Frame Line rectangle:
Frame Line 1A Type (FLI05-1) struct for
1A/1B/1C/2A/2B/2C
Frame Line 1A Name (FLI05-2) struct for
1A/1B/1C/2A/2B/2C
Frame Line 1A Left (FLI05-3) struct for
1A/1B/1C/2A/2B/2C
Frame Line 1A Top (FLI05-4) struct for
1A/1B/1C/2A/2B/2C
Frame Line 1A Width (FLI05-5) struct for
1A/1B/1C/2A/2B/2C
Frame Line 1A Height (FLI05-6) struct for
1A/1B/1C/2A/2B/2C

New metadata fields for AMIRA UTC offset and DST (day light
saving time): The camera System Image Time is UTC ± UTC offset
(- 12:00h to +14:00h) + DST (+1:00h)
System Image Time Zone Offset (CDI09-1)
System Image Time Zone DST (CDI09-2)
5 Known Issues

GUI and CMD Windows AME versions will not support checksum validation, is available only Mac
OS and Linux
No ALF-2 Look Custom LUT name available for ARC 3.4.0 processed DPX and OpenEXR files

6 Questions and Contact

If you have any questions about the application, please contact us via digitalworkflow@arri.de.