Format
BIM Metadata File
Summary
- Name
- BIM Metadata File
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/1722
- Format type
- Dataset
- Description
- BIM is a RealTime metadata file that is stored alongside the image files on cameras such as the Sony FS7. It can contain information such as focus distance, shutter speed, aperture in relation to time.
- Note
- https://us.community.sony.com/s/question/0D50B00004YTYxDSAX/copy-entire-card-or-just-clips?language=en_US
- File extensions
-
bim - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Internal signatures
BIM Metadata File
- Note
- BOF:0x00 (Null) followed by 0x1F (Unit Seperator) followed by 0x01 (Start of Header) followed by '4urn:schemas-professionalDisc:realTimeMeta:cameraMeta' followed by 0x1C (File Seperator) followed by './RealTimeMetaCameraMeta.xsd' followed by 0x00 (Null)
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
001F013475726E3A736368656D61732D70726F66657373696F6E616C446973633A7265616C54696D654D6574613A63616D6572614D6574611C2E2F5265616C54696D654D65746143616D6572614D6574612E78736400- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Added in V105
- Release date
- 29 June 2022
BIM Metadata File: Signature researched and samples provided by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).
BIM Metadata File: Full entry added. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).