AAF SDK version 1.1.3 Release
                     http://aaf.sourceforge.net/

Getting Started

(a) Using Microsoft Visual C++ (Win32)

• Open AAFWinSDK/vs/AAFWinSDK.sln (where Visual C++ version can be 7, 8 or 9)

• Build the "Everything" project (a Debug or Release build type can be selected)

• Client application builds should point their library & include paths to: AAFWinSDK/vs/include/ AAFWinSDK/vs/lib/ and running client applications requires AAFCOAPI.dll so PATH must include: AAFWinSDK/vs/bin/

(b) Using GNU make

• To build the library, tests and all the examples and utilities run make everything

• To run the module tests make check

• For MacOS X, you can optionally build universal binaries using make AAFPLATFORM=UniversalDarwin

• To build a release version (instead of the default debug version) make AAFTARGET=Release

• To build a static library and statically linked examples and utilities make AAFTARGET=Debug-static

• To build the SDK to use the libgsf Structured Storage library make LIBGSF_PATH=/usr/local (the prefix of your libgsf and glib libraries & includes may differ)

• The "install" target is the minimum needed to build and install the library and header files for client development. Client application builds should point their compiler library and include paths to the following (each platform has its own AAF*SDK/ directory): AAFi686LinuxSDK/g++/include/ # all builds AAFi686LinuxSDK/g++/lib/debug/ # Debug build AAFi686LinuxSDK/g++/lib/ # Release build To run client applications, libcom-api.so is required so add the bin directory to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH: AAFi686LinuxSDK/g++/bin/debug/ # Debug build AAFi686LinuxSDK/g++/bin/ # Release build

Examples

To run an example the SDK dynamic library (AAFCOAPI.dll for WIN32, libcom-api.so for other platforms) must be in your platform's dynamic library search path.

(a) Under Win32 your PATH must contain AAFWinSDKin

• Create sample AAF files by running ComModAAF.exe AAFWinSDK/Debug/Test/ComModAAF.exe

• Use the InfoDumper executable to inspect an AAF file AAFWinSDK/Debug/Examples/Com/InfoDumper.exe EssenceAccessCDCI_DV.aaf

(b) Using GNU make

• run "make check" to have sample .aaf files created under test/com/ComModTestAAF

• run InfoDumper to inspect an AAF file env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=AAFi686LinuxSDK/g++/bin/debug AAFi686LinuxSDK/g++/bin/debug/InfoDumper test/com/ComModTestAAF/EssenceAccessCDCI_DV.aaf (the platform specific paths <AAF*SDK> will vary by platform)

Documentation

API documentation and the AAF SDK FAQ are available from the AAF SDK home page http://aaf.sourceforge.net/

The API documentation can also be built from the SDK source: cd ref-impl/doc/com-api make doc See ref-impl/doc/com-api/README.txt for full details.

Further information

If you a have query please use the AAF SDK Forums http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=24405