Advanced Authoring Format Developer Support

Welcome to the Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) Developers website. AAF is a project run by the Advanced Media Workflow Association.

The AAF software developer's kit (SDK) provides an API that can be used to import and export digital video, audio and associated metadata between applications. The SDK includes example source code and utilities for creating, using and examining AAF files. The SDK is distributed under an Open Source software license.

The AAF SourceForge project page hosts the developer discussion forums and allows you to browse the CVS source tree.

Additional information about current projects, samples files, validation tools etc. are available to Advanced Media Workflow Association members. Contact the AMWA for more information.