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How do iXML SPEED tags express NTSC frame rates and pulled-up recordings (for example 48048 Hz labelled as 48000), and which field should a conform tool trust when they disagree?

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iXML SPEED gives rates as integer ratios (e.g. 30000/1001 rather than 29.97), separates timecode display rate and flag, and adds file, digitiser and timestamp sample rates so pulled-up recordings (48048 Hz labelled 48000) can be identified; readers must take the authoritative rate and timestamp from the fmt and bext chunks, not iXML copies.

iXML SPEED gives rates as integer ratios (e.g. 30000/1001 rather than 29.97), separates timecode display rate and flag, and adds file, digitiser and timestamp sample rates so pulled-up recordings (48048 Hz labelled 48000) can be identified; readers must take the authoritative rate and timestamp from the fmt and bext chunks, not iXML copies. Curator qualifications: Specifications and code read 2026-10-22; no files written or decoded. Per-tool behaviour not checked. Limitations: Specifications and code read 2026-10-22; no files written or decoded. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "http://www.gallery.co.uk/ixml/object_Details.html",
      "note": "gallery.co.uk iXML object details (live) SPEED section"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.gallery.co.uk/ixml/introduction.html",
      "note": "gallery.co.uk iXML object details (live) SPEED section"
    }
  ]
}

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  • [sourced_fact] iXML SPEED gives rates as integer ratios (e.g. 30000/1001 rather than 29.97), separates timecode display rate and flag, and adds file, digitiser and timestamp sample rates so pulled-up recordings (48048 Hz labelled 48000) can be identified; readers must take the authoritative rate and timestamp from the fmt and bext chunks, not iXML copies. · locator: gallery.co.uk iXML object details (live) SPEED section source

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