To determine if a particular container format is supported, first locate the section in this appendix for its container type: QuickTime^®, Panasonic^® MXF, Sony^™ MXF, etc. In the table for the container, look for the codec name or a relevant comment. Associated with each codec supported by a container format is a short string identifying the specific codec standard used to compress the contents. If you know the codec flag—called a FourCC code for QuickTime—this is the simplest way to determine if the file can be ingested.

For example, suppose you have a QuickTime (.mov) file that was encoded using the QuickTime “Component Y'CbCr 4:4:4” video codec (v410 flag), and the IMA audio codec (ima4 flag). First, locate the video codec in the QuickTime Broadcast table (it’s the first entry). Next, locate the audio codec in the QuickTime Audio table (also the first entry). Since both the audio and video codecs used to encode the contents of the QuickTime file are present in the tables, the Wiretap Gateway supports ingesting this particular file.