XML Elements Reference

<fps>

Required for H.264 Annex B

Specifies the frame rate for the reference file. Required only for H.264 Annex B files.

Use one of the following formats to represent the frame rate:

• A string in numerator/denominator format. Example: 30000/1001

• A floating point number. Example: 25 or 15.5

• A valid abbreviation:

• ntsc (30000/1001)

• pal (25/1)

• qntsc (30000/1001 -- VCD compliant NTSC)

• qpal (25/1 -- VCD compliant PAL)

• sntsc (30000/1001 -- square pixel NTSC)

• spal (25/1 -- square pixel PAL)

• film (24/1)

• ntsc-film (24000/1001)

<group>

Optional

Reserved for future use. Contains a string that describes a group, such as a company name.

<job>

Required

Specifies the job request. This element must have version=1.0 as its attribute and value.

<metadata>

Optional

Describes supplemental information about the job request. It is not used in job processing other than for display in the Job results.

This element has two required child elements: <name> and <value>.

• <name> - the name of the metadata

• <value> - the value of the metadata name

You can choose to enclose the value in a CDATA tag. This technique allows you to include special characters, such as ampersand (&), single quote (' '), and less than (<) in the data without XML escaping.

<reference>

Required

Specifies the reference file information. Use once only in the XML document.

This element has two child elements: <uri> and <fps>.  

<target>

Required

Specifies the target file information. Use once only in the XML document.

This element has two child elements: <uri> and <fps>.  

<uri>

Required

Specifies the complete path and file name on the file system as accessed from the VisionVideo QCS.

This element is a child of <reference> and <target>.