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Which of the bext chunk and the iXML chunk should I trust for timecode, speed and take identity when a recorder file reaches the dialogue editor?

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Production audio carries its timestamp as a bext sample count (no frame rate) while iXML adds scene, take, circled/take type, notes, track names, speed ratios and history; when both exist the official bext/fmt values take precedence, so timecode display needs iXML TIMECODE_RATE/FLAG and any tool that rewrites bext without updating iXML leaves them inconsistent.

Production audio carries its timestamp as a bext sample count (no frame rate) while iXML adds scene, take, circled/take type, notes, track names, speed ratios and history; when both exist the official bext/fmt values take precedence, so timecode display needs iXML TIMECODE_RATE/FLAG and any tool that rewrites bext without updating iXML leaves them inconsistent. Curator qualifications: Zero-fetch review 2026-10-22 against held readbacks; nothing executed. Limitations: Zero-fetch review 2026-10-22 against held readbacks; nothing executed. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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    {
      "url": "https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/tech/tech3285.pdf",
      "note": "EBU Tech 3285 v2.0 bext table; section 2.1; iXML object details: SPEED, HISTORY/FILE_SET, BEXT object"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.gallery.co.uk/ixml/object_Details.html",
      "note": "EBU Tech 3285 v2.0 bext table; section 2.1; iXML object details: SPEED, HISTORY/FILE_SET, BEXT object"
    }
  ]
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  • [sourced_fact] Production audio carries its timestamp as a bext sample count (no frame rate) while iXML adds scene, take, circled/take type, notes, track names, speed ratios and history; when both exist the official bext/fmt values take precedence, so timecode display needs iXML TIMECODE_RATE/FLAG and any tool that rewrites bext without updating iXML leaves them inconsistent. · locator: EBU Tech 3285 v2.0 bext table; section 2.1; iXML object details: SPEED, HISTORY/FILE_SET, BEXT object source

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