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MCF specification, technical part/content-types

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This page is badly outdated and is not high priority at the moment. Please don't send your suggestions on this now. We are building a database that can be easily updated and distributed. Everything below this paragraph is outdated.

I'll write a software for creating this page from a simple data-file, don't except updates before that is finished. The data-file will be freely available, so that it can be easily imported into players.

There are 1020 octets reserved for this data in main-header.

Content-types/subtypes (extended info)

When distributing your MCF, you should put as much info as possible into it. This piece of info allows easy searches and sorting of video-files, so it should definately be used.

These are part of main header/extended info, used to make it easier for search-engines and other automated systems to identify the contents of MCF-files.

Content-types
IDNameDescription/subtypes
0x00Undefined/otherShould be used instead of randomly picked one if too tired to select proper content-type or there is no suitable type available. Subtype 0x00=undefined, 0x01=other.
0x01Movie

Hollywood/whatever movie

Subtypes
IDNameExamples
0x00Undefined/otherAny movie
0x01ActionTerminator 2, Cliffhanger
0x02Action/dramaTitanic
0x03DramaAt First Sight
0x04ComedyCable Guy
0x05FightingRomeo Must Die
0x06Sci-FiX-Files, Mission to Mars
0x07Sci-Fi/HackerHackers, The Net, The Matrix, Antitrust
0x08ParodySpy Hard
0x09Cartoon-style-
0x0AAnimeGhost in The Shell
0x0BKidsPokemon
0x0CWarEnemy at The Gates
0x0DEthnic-
0x0EHistoricThe Gladiator
0x0FDocumentary-
0x10Sports
otherReserved(player should show as "Unknown subtype (0x??)", where ?? is ID-number in hex)
0x02TV-serie
Subtypes
IDNameExamples
0x00Undefined/otherAny TV-serie
0x01Action-
0x02Action/drama-
0x03DramaThe Bold and The Beautiful, Dallas
0x04ComedySeinfeld, Friends
0x05Fighting-
0x06Sci-FiBabylon 5, Star Trek
0x07Sci-Fi/HackerThe Net
0x08Parody-
0x09Cartoon-styleFuturama, Simpsons
0x0AAnime-
0x0BKidsPokemon
0x0CWarEnemy at The Gates
0x0DEthnic-
0x0EHistoric-
0x0FDocumentary-
0x10Sports-
otherReserved(player should show as "Unknown subtype (0x??)", where ?? is ID-number in hex)

Note: same subtypes as with movies.

0x03CGComputer Generated - video is mainly made with 3D-rendering software or similar
0x04Home-movieThe movie you made with your friends ;)
0x05Home-videoWeddings or something else that doesn't really interest people who don't know you
0x06Porn/violenceSex, porn, whatever
0x07Game/3D-card trailer......
0x08MusicMusic-videos etc.
0x09News/documentary60 Minutes, BBC News
0x10EducationThe Mechanical Universe
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