Sharing and acquiring fundamental knowledge meeting the challenge Let s find out more Introduced by Peter Weitzel Hon sec SMPTE UK section
What is SMPTE Join us & Join in Link @ www.smpte.org/uk Membership 7000+ members about 30 sections Inc. Italy Poland India Australia Hong Kong About 130 countries Education 4+ Major conferences inc HPA Tech Retreat UK and Australia Conf 6 Virtual courses 10x a year Journal About 36 webcast a year Free to members plus section meetings Standards 800 standards created and maintained at 1 and 5 years points... Next one...st2110 In the UK Over 500 members 5 student chapters plus links with NaSTA Over 30 meetings a year across the UK Third largest SMPTE section after Hollywood and New York Refounded in 2012 CAGR about 46% Serving all who are working with the technology of moving pictures and associated sound & metadata creatively, practically and innovatively in any format and on any platform. Founded in 1916 A partner in IBC
In Q&A @ recent meetings... Some questions show Great assumptions or unexpected Ignorance And following discussion Some great explanations Due to a lack of the basics... BUT a feeling that all was not well
Not well?? Some said IT does not understand Broadcast Others said Broadcast does not understand IT Some dialog later IT people do not get IT basics Broadcasting people do not get Broadcasting fundamentals It is not them and us WE - the Technical Broadcasting community do not understand enough of the fundamentals... Perhaps due to the way the industry has not recruited???????
Disclaimer This is NOT SMPTE Policy It is SMPTE Members seeing an issue Trying to define scope it Taking action to (partly) resolve the issue(s) A UK pilot in the first case But it may (should) become a worldwide set of solutions BUT We need your and others Help
Our Panel Tony Orme - many years Russell Trafford Jones Some years Daniel Leedham Starting out Plus others from a start up, (ex) academic, business systems
What is Fundamental knowledge? The Basics all should be aware of The simple truth not detailed... Snippets of Wisdom acquired not really formally taught Physics Optics Acoustics HVS HAS Common Technologies e.g Sensors, SDI, UDP, Scan formats Workflows end to end for all businesses Common Sense!
Technical Community Those who are well established some know more than others Those who are working in the industries may be changed role Those who have other skills and have moved across to Media Technology And as recruitment ramps up. Apprentices /other trainees - those starting off in an IP Age
What is a fundamental That is what we want to find from you...often there is too much detail rather than a broad brush These are almost all the things that almost all of those in the community need to know/be aware of
example SDI History Interoperability SDI vs HDMI Baseband Signal structure Embedded Audio UHD links to ST 2022-6,5 &7 More (V)ANC data... Quad link what can you add!
Example SDI Baseband Signal Structure VANC
So how much detail Is more better? If it is where do we draw the line And how do we link the fundamentals together??? and is there a role for some more education on key technologies above the Fundamentals - Park for Now??
Example ST2022-6 ST 2022-6: SDI over RTP* RTP items Marker bit indicates last datagram in frame* PT=98 for 2022-6, =99 for 2022-5 FEC (*) 27 MHz RTP timestamp clock* Video payload is always1376 octets* One datagram often has data from two lines* Sometimes a pixel or even a sample could be split between datagrams* Last datagram in frame is padded with zeros to fill out 1376 octets*
High level groupings Distribution Video Audio SDI Files IP Operations(equipment) Operations (systems) Discovery and registration What else?? <<<<<<TELL US >>>>>> Is POST/ film/tv Optics/ Acoustics or are these the next level down?
Low level E.g. Audio Audio - bit depth - bitrate/bandwidth - sample rate - Formats (AES3, MADI, AES67 etc.) - AVB??? Tell us about the points you need covered... They can be fitted in a structure And it may be 3 levels Audio Signals Bit depth... Acoustics Equipment
Ideas / Topics/ Needs Please Don t be shy... If you think of any more send them to Peter@weitzel.com And we have looked at IABM Glossary DPP App And will feed in some of these as well
SMPTE UK Takes Action Face to Face One event a quarter Guided tour of facility And short seminars As the tour progresses One planned before Xmas Have you any ideas for Topic/ Facility where you / your colleagues can be made aware of the fundamentals Group of about 2 dozen About 3 experts
SMPTE UK Takes Action By the internet Series of Host led Videos 5 points in 4 mins PLUS A text /App to just explain a little more and give links to further Info Have a look at Bruce s Shorts https://mrmxf.com/shorts/ (he is the SMPTE UK governor!) And these Imagine in 5 min bites! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciq9ixsuzum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg9jemv1t7i
5 points in 4 Mins... Long enough to show the...short enough to keep connections attention..back by Text / diagrams on website/app which link to further reading So what do you think of A) Videos that are that long? B) The need for follow up info C) Likely Topics you want to see first D) Who is the audience? E) Are you the audience?
What would you like SMPTE to do? Can you help us? Suggest Ideas help filter and categorise Provide the explanations Be the host! Welcome us to your Facility Help SMPTE generally www.smpte.org/uk Peter@weitzel.com
Thank you and top up your Awareness SMPTE ST2110 Come to the Forum 2pm Tomorrow SMPTE ST2067 IMF Come UK meetings or SMPTE webcasts Studio Video ( Audio + metadata) over IP Interoperable Mastering Format DPP and SMPTE are working on a SMPTE specification IMF for Broadcast and on line
And more SMPTE webcast VR from Shoot to Delivery Sky VR Studios Thursday, 21 September 2017 17:00UTC/18:00BST/19:00 Europe Richard Mills, Technical Director of Sky UK s VR Studios, will provide a detailed behindthe-scenes view of Sky VR Studios Creative and Production processes
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