ebu · scenarnick · May 8, 2026 · Apr 13, 2026 · Apr 13, 2026 · Apr 13, 2026
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 name: Build and Test
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
@@ -72,11 +75,11 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.name == 'macos-brew' }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          brew install git cmake expat uriparser curl
+          brew install expat uriparser
 
       - name: Install dependencies (macos-xcode-universal)
         if: ${{ matrix.name == 'macos-xcode-universal' }}
-        uses: maxim-lobanov/setup-xcode@v1
+        uses: maxim-lobanov/setup-xcode@v1.7.0
         with:
           xcode-version: latest-stable
 
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
           git --version
           cmake --version
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 

diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -13,12 +13,8 @@ name: "CodeQL Advanced"
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '45 10 * * 3'
-
+
 jobs:
   analyze:
     name: Analyze (${{ matrix.language }})
@@ -28,16 +24,6 @@ jobs:
     #   - https://gh.io/using-larger-runners (GitHub.com only)
     # Consider using larger runners or machines with greater resources for possible analysis time improvements.
     runs-on: ${{ (matrix.language == 'swift' && 'macos-latest') || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
-    permissions:
-      # required for all workflows
-      security-events: write
-
-      # required to fetch internal or private CodeQL packs
-      packages: read
-
-      # only required for workflows in private repositories
-      actions: read
-      contents: read
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -57,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         # your codebase is analyzed, see https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/creating-an-advanced-setup-for-code-scanning/codeql-code-scanning-for-compiled-languages
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
 
     # Add any setup steps before running the `github/codeql-action/init` action.
     # This includes steps like installing compilers or runtimes (`actions/setup-node`
@@ -67,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4.35.1
       with:
         languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
         build-mode: ${{ matrix.build-mode }}
@@ -96,6 +82,6 @@ jobs:
         exit 1
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4.35.1
       with:
         category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 name: Release
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 jobs:
   source_release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
           mv ../source_release .
 
       - name: Upload source release
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7.0.1
         with:
           name: source-release
           path: |
@@ -36,9 +39,9 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           - name: windows
-            os: windows-2019
+            os: windows-2022
           - name: macos-xcode-universal
-            os: macos-13
+            os: macos-14
           - name: ubuntu
             os: ubuntu-latest
 
@@ -60,12 +63,12 @@ jobs:
             uuid-dev \
             libcurl4-openssl-dev
 
-      - uses: maxim-lobanov/setup-xcode@v1
+      - uses: maxim-lobanov/setup-xcode@v1.7.0
         if: ${{ contains(matrix.name, 'xcode') }}
         with:
           xcode-version: latest-stable
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8.0.1
         with:
           name: source-release
 
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload binary release
         if: ${{ !contains(matrix.os, 'ubuntu') }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7.0.1
         with:
           name: binary-release-${{ matrix.name }}
           path: |

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # bmx Changelog
 
-## Version next
+## v1.7
 
 ### Breaking changes
 

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 project(bmx
-    VERSION 1.6
+    VERSION 1.7
     DESCRIPTION "A C++ library and set of utilities to read and write the SMPTE ST 377-1 MXF file format"
-    HOMEPAGE_URL https://github.com/bbc/bmx
+    HOMEPAGE_URL https://github.com/ebu/bmx
     LANGUAGES C CXX
 )
 

diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ##################################################
 # Build layer
 ##################################################
-FROM debian:latest as build
+FROM debian:latest AS build
 
 WORKDIR /build
 
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ RUN mkdir build && cd build && \
 ##################################################
 # Runtime layer
 ##################################################
-FROM debian:latest as runtime
+FROM debian:latest AS runtime
 
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/bbc/bmx
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/ebu/bmx
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="A useful set of tools for handling MXF and related files"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.licenses=BSD-3-Clause
 

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ project(example_project LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 include(FetchContent)
 FetchContent_Declare(bmx
-    GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/bbc/bmx"
+    GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/ebu/bmx"
     GIT_TAG "origin/main"
 )
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(bmx)
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ This example runs `bmxtranswrap` from input `./sources/in.mxf` to output `./dest
 
 ## Source and Binary Distributions
 
-Source distributions, including dependencies, and binaries are made available in the [Releases](https://github.com/bbc/bmx/releases) on GitHub. Older distributions can be found on [SourceForge](https://sourceforge.net/projects/bmxlib/files/).
+Source distributions, including dependencies, and binaries are made available in the [Releases](https://github.com/ebu/bmx/releases) on GitHub. Older distributions can be found on [SourceForge](https://sourceforge.net/projects/bmxlib/files/).
 
 Source and binary distributions are generally only created when a new feature is required for creating standard compliant sample files for example, or when a release hasn't been made for a long time.
 

diff --git a/cmake/ext_expat.cmake b/cmake/ext_expat.cmake
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ if(expat_link_lib)
 endif()
 
 
-if(MSVC OR BMX_BUILD_EXPAT_SOURCE)
+if(BMX_BUILD_EXPAT_SOURCE)
     include(FetchContent)
 
     set(EXPAT_BUILD_DOCS OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
@@ -22,26 +22,16 @@ if(MSVC OR BMX_BUILD_EXPAT_SOURCE)
         )
     else()
         FetchContent_Declare(FT_libexpat
+			SOURCE_SUBDIR expat
             GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat
-            GIT_TAG R_2_5_0
+            GIT_TAG R_2_8_0
         )
     endif()
 
-    # Use FetchContent_Populate because the CMakeLists.txt is in the expat/ sub-directory
-    FetchContent_GetProperties(FT_libexpat)
-    if(NOT FT_libexpat_POPULATED)
-        FetchContent_Populate(FT_libexpat)
-
-        add_subdirectory("${ft_libexpat_SOURCE_DIR}/expat" ${ft_libexpat_BINARY_DIR})
-    endif()
+    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(FT_libexpat) 
 
     set(expat_link_lib expat)
 else()
-    include(FindEXPAT)
-
-    if(NOT EXPAT_FOUND)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "expat dependency not found")
-    endif()
-
+    find_package(EXPAT REQUIRED)
     set(expat_link_lib EXPAT::EXPAT)
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/options.cmake b/cmake/options.cmake
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ if(UNIX)
 elseif(MSVC)
     # Shared library currently not supported
     set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF CACHE BOOL "Build using shared libraries")
+
+	# Option to build expat from source in deps/ or from the git repo
+	option(BMX_BUILD_EXPAT_SOURCE "Build expat from source" ON)
 
     # Option to set to use the runtime
     set(BMX_SET_MSVC_RUNTIME "MD" CACHE STRING "Set MSVC debug/release runtime to 'MD' (MultiThreadedDLL), 'MT' (MultiThreaded) or 'default' (use the default)")

diff --git a/deps/libMXF/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/libMXF/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 project(libMXF
-    VERSION 1.6
+    VERSION 1.7
     DESCRIPTION "Low-level C library for reading and writing the SMPTE ST 377-1 MXF file format"
     HOMEPAGE_URL https://github.com/bbc/libMXF
     LANGUAGES C CXX

diff --git a/deps/libMXFpp/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/libMXFpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 project(libMXF++
-    VERSION 1.6
+    VERSION 1.7
     DESCRIPTION "C++ wrapper library for libMXF that supports reading and writing the SMPTE ST 377-1 MXF file format"
     HOMEPAGE_URL https://github.com/bbc/libMXFpp
     LANGUAGES CXX

diff --git a/docs/release.md b/docs/release.md
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ This describes the steps for making a release.
     * Go through the PRs since the last release and add each PR and descriptive text to the `Breaking changes`, `Features`, `Bug fixes` or `Build changes` sections
 * Update the versions in the 3 main CMakeLists.txt files in the `project` blocks, where `VERSION` has the form `<major version>.<minor version>`
     * The files are [bmx CMakeLists.txt](../CMakeLists.txt), [libMXF CmakeLists.txt](../deps/libMXF/CMakeLists.txt) and [libMXFpp CmakeLists.txt](../deps/libMXFpp/CMakeLists.txt)
-* Run the [Build & Test](https://github.com/bbc/bmx/actions/workflows/build_and_test.yml) workflow in GitHub Actions using the release branch and fix any build errors and warnings
+* Run the [Build & Test](https://github.com/ebu/bmx/actions/workflows/build_and_test.yml) workflow in GitHub Actions using the release branch and fix any build errors and warnings
 * Check the [runner versions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners) (e.g. `windows-2019` and `macos-13`) in the [release.yml](../.github/workflows/release.yml) workflow file are still available
     * Select the oldest macOS version available to help with compatibility
-* Run the [Release](https://github.com/bbc/bmx/actions/workflows/release.yml) workflow in GitHub Actions using the release branch to check it succeeds
+* Run the [Release](https://github.com/ebu/bmx/actions/workflows/release.yml) workflow in GitHub Actions using the release branch to check it succeeds
     * On the release branch, create a temporary tag and then delete the tag once the workflow succeeds:
 
 ```bash
@@ -43,18 +43,18 @@ git push origin v${BMX_VERSION}
 
 ## Create the Release Packages
 
-* Run the [Release](https://github.com/bbc/bmx/actions/workflows/release.yml) workflow in GitHub Actions
+* Run the [Release](https://github.com/ebu/bmx/actions/workflows/release.yml) workflow in GitHub Actions
 * Download the Artifacts and extract the individual source and binary zips for the release
 
 ## Create a GitHub Release
 
-* Create a [new release](https://github.com/bbc/bmx/releases)
+* Create a [new release](https://github.com/ebu/bmx/releases)
 * Copy the previous release's text as a starting point
     * Select the `v<major version>.<minor version>` tag
     * Change the CHANGELOG link
     * Update the zip filenames with the new version
     * Update the compiler versions used for the binaries
-        * These can be found in the actions output in the `Win64 binary release` and `MacOS Universal binary release` build steps in the 2 jobs of the [Release](https://github.com/bbc/bmx/actions/workflows/release.yml) workflow in GitHub Actions
+        * These can be found in the actions output in the `Win64 binary release` and `MacOS Universal binary release` build steps in the 2 jobs of the [Release](https://github.com/ebu/bmx/actions/workflows/release.yml) workflow in GitHub Actions
 * Upload the source and binary zips to the release
 
 ## Create a Docker Image for the GitHub Container Registry

diff --git a/meta/rdd6_xml_creator/index.html b/meta/rdd6_xml_creator/index.html
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
     <div class="container">
 
      <div class="page-header">
-      <h1><a href="https://github.com/bbc/bmx">bmx</a> RDD 6 XML Creator</h1>
-      <div class="doc-references">The <a href="https://github.com/bbc/bmx/blob/main/meta/rdd6/rdd6.xsd">RDD 6 XML Schema</a>
-        and <a href="https://github.com/bbc/bmx/tree/main/meta/rdd6_xml_creator">documentation</a>
-        can be found in <a href="https://github.com/bbc/bmx">bmx</a>.
+      <h1><a href="https://github.com/ebu/bmx">bmx</a> RDD 6 XML Creator</h1>
+      <div class="doc-references">The <a href="https://github.com/ebu/bmx/blob/main/meta/rdd6/rdd6.xsd">RDD 6 XML Schema</a>
+        and <a href="https://github.com/ebu/bmx/tree/main/meta/rdd6_xml_creator">documentation</a>
+        can be found in <a href="https://github.com/ebu/bmx">bmx</a>.
       </div>
      </div>
 

diff --git a/release/macos_universal_binary_release.cmake b/release/macos_universal_binary_release.cmake
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if(USE_GIT_CLONE)
     if(EXISTS ${bmx_dir})
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Can't continue with clean release as 'bmx' directory already exists")
     endif()
-    run_command("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" git clone https://github.com/bbc/bmx.git)
+    run_command("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" git clone https://github.com/ebu/bmx.git)
     run_command("${bmx_dir}" git checkout ${BMX_BRANCH})
 else()
     get_filename_component(bmx_dir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/.." REALPATH)
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ else()
     copy_and_rename_file(${build_dir}/_deps/bmx_git_version-src/LICENSE ${bmx_package_dir}/licenses/LICENSE_cmake_git_version_tracking.txt)
 endif()
 if(EXISTS ${bmx_dir}/deps/uriparser)
-    copy_and_rename_file(${bmx_dir}/deps/uriparser/COPYING ${bmx_package_dir}/licenses/LICENSE_uriparser.txt)
+    copy_and_rename_file(${bmx_dir}/deps/uriparser/COPYING.BSD-3-Clause ${bmx_package_dir}/licenses/LICENSE_uriparser.txt)
 else()
-    copy_and_rename_file(${build_dir}/_deps/liburiparser-src/COPYING ${bmx_package_dir}/licenses/LICENSE_uriparser.txt)
+    copy_and_rename_file(${build_dir}/_deps/liburiparser-src/COPYING.BSD-3-Clause ${bmx_package_dir}/licenses/LICENSE_uriparser.txt)
 endif()
 
 file(COPY ${bmx_dir}/COPYING DESTINATION ${bmx_package_dir})

diff --git a/release/source_release.cmake b/release/source_release.cmake
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if(USE_GIT_CLONE)
     if(EXISTS ${bmx_dir})
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Can't continue with clean release as 'bmx' directory already exists")
     endif()
-    run_command("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" git clone https://github.com/bbc/bmx.git)
+    run_command("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" git clone https://github.com/ebu/bmx.git)
     run_command("${bmx_dir}" git checkout ${BMX_BRANCH})
 else()
     get_filename_component(bmx_dir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/.." REALPATH)

diff --git a/release/ubuntu_binary_release_build_only.cmake b/release/ubuntu_binary_release_build_only.cmake
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if(USE_GIT_CLONE)
     if(EXISTS ${bmx_dir})
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Can't continue with clean release as 'bmx' directory already exists")
     endif()
-    run_command("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" git clone https://github.com/bbc/bmx.git)
+    run_command("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" git clone https://github.com/ebu/bmx.git)
     run_command("${bmx_dir}" git checkout ${BMX_BRANCH})
 else()
     get_filename_component(bmx_dir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/.." REALPATH)

diff --git a/release/win64_binary_release.cmake b/release/win64_binary_release.cmake
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if(USE_GIT_CLONE)
     if(EXISTS ${bmx_dir})
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Can't continue with clean release as 'bmx' directory already exists")
     endif()
-    run_command("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" git clone https://github.com/bbc/bmx.git)
+    run_command("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" git clone https://github.com/ebu/bmx.git)
     run_command("${bmx_dir}" git checkout ${BMX_BRANCH})
 else()
     get_filename_component(bmx_dir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/.." REALPATH)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ set(bmx_package_dir "${package_dir}/bmx-win64-binary-${bmx_version}")
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${bmx_package_dir})
 
 # Configure, build, test and install
-run_command("${build_dir}" cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install ../../)
+run_command("${build_dir}" cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install ../../)
 run_command("${build_dir}" cmake --build . --config Release)
 run_command("${build_dir}" ctest -C Release)
 run_command("${build_dir}" cmake --build . --config Release --target install)
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ else()
     copy_and_rename_file(${build_dir}/_deps/ft_libexpat-src/COPYING ${bmx_package_dir}/licenses/LICENSE_expat.txt)
 endif()
 if(EXISTS ${bmx_dir}/deps/uriparser)
-    copy_and_rename_file(${bmx_dir}/deps/uriparser/COPYING ${bmx_package_dir}/licenses/LICENSE_uriparser.txt)
+    copy_and_rename_file(${bmx_dir}/deps/uriparser/COPYING.BSD-3-Clause ${bmx_package_dir}/licenses/LICENSE_uriparser.txt)
 else()
-    copy_and_rename_file(${build_dir}/_deps/liburiparser-src/COPYING ${bmx_package_dir}/licenses/LICENSE_uriparser.txt)
+    copy_and_rename_file(${build_dir}/_deps/liburiparser-src/COPYING.BSD-3-Clause ${bmx_package_dir}/licenses/LICENSE_uriparser.txt)
 endif()
 
 file(COPY ${bmx_dir}/COPYING DESTINATION ${bmx_package_dir})