Networked Media Open Specifications: Introduction
About NMOS
NMOS is a family name for specifications produced by the Advanced Media Workflow Association related to networked media for professional applications.
For a non-technical introduction to NMOS see AMWA’s overview page and NMOS Roadmap.
The tables below list the current specifications and provide links to their documentation on specs.amwa.tv. The “Release” links will take you to the documentation and download page (↓) for the latest release of recent versions of the specification.
The tables no longer include direct links to the GitHub repos. These are available through the NMOS CI Dashboard.
The NMOS API Testing Tool supports the majority of these specifications.
The tables below are organised by theme. To see them organised by document type, click here
Resource Management
Specifications, recommendations and guidance concerning registration, discovery and labelling of NMOS resources
| Id | Name | Spec Status | Release(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS-04 | Discovery & Registration | AMWA Specification (Stable) | |
| IS-09 | System Parameters | AMWA Specification | |
| IS-13 | Annotation | Work In Progress | |
| BCP-002-01 | Natural Grouping | AMWA Specification | |
| BCP-002-02 | Asset Distinguishing Information | AMWA Specification | |
| INFO-004 | Implementation Guide for DNS-SD | AMWA Specification | |
| INFO-005 | Implementation Guide for NMOS Controllers | AMWA Specification |
Connection Management
Specifications, recommendations and guidance concerning connection of devices, audio channel mapping and compressed streams
| Id | Name | Spec Status | Release(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS-05 | Device Connection Management | AMWA Specification (Stable) | |
| IS-08 | Audio Channel Mapping | AMWA Specification (Stable) | |
| BCP-004-01 | Receiver Capabilities | AMWA Specification | |
| BCP-006-01 | NMOS With JPEG XS | AMWA Specification | |
| BCP-006-02 | NMOS With H.264 | Work In Progress | |
| BCP-006-03 | NMOS With H.265 | Work In Progress | |
| BCP-007-01 | NMOS With NDI | Work In Progress | |
| INFO-003 | Sink Metadata Processing Architecture | Work In Progress | |
| INFO-005 | Implementation Guide for NMOS Controllers | AMWA Specification |
Device Control & Monitoring
Specifications, recommendations and guidance concerning device control and status monitoring
| Id | Name | Spec Status | Release(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS-07 | Event & Tally | AMWA Specification | |
| IS-12 | Control Protocol | AMWA Specification | |
| MS-05-01 | NMOS Control Architecture | AMWA Specification | |
| MS-05-02 | AMWA NMOS Control Framework | AMWA Specification | |
| BCP-008-01 | NMOS Receiver Status | Work In Progress | |
| BCP-008-02 | NMOS Sender Status | Work In Progress | |
| INFO-006 | Implementation guide for NMOS Device Capabilities Control | AMWA Specification |
Device Configuration
Specifications, recommendations and guidance concerning device and media parameter configuration
| Id | Name | Spec Status | Release(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS-11 | Stream Compatibility Management | AMWA Specification | |
| IS-14 | Device Configuration | Work In Progress |
Security Recommendatations
Specifications, recommendations and guidance concerning encryption, authorisation and certificate provisioning
| Id | Name | Spec Status | Release(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS-10 | Authorization | AMWA Specification | |
| BCP-003-01 | Secure Communications in NMOS Systems | AMWA Specification | |
| BCP-003-02 | Authorization in NMOS Systems | AMWA Specification | |
| BCP-003-03 | Certificate Provisioning in NMOS Systems | AMWA Specification | |
| INFO-002 | Security Implementation Guide | AMWA Specification | |
| INFO-005 | Implementation Guide for NMOS Controllers | AMWA Specification |
Documentation
These pages are rendered from the source of the specification, which is in this GitHub repository.
| Repository | Default Branch | Lint (default) | Render (all) |
|---|---|---|---|
| nmos | main |  |
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