Mastering and Archiving Uncompressed Digital Video Test Materials

This is a report on the status of a Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Ad Hoc Group charged with creating a master set of images for subjective testing of electronic systems. The images are to be sold at cost by SMPTE for use in the evaluation of electronic systems. The first task is creation of a master representation of the image sequences to enable preservation of the images in a consistent and stable storage environment. Once the many images available to the Society are restored and returned to a pristine image state when possible, they will be provided to the SMPTE in a digital file format. The Society will then offer the video sequences for sale in various formats [both in digital data media and uncompressed digital videotape] for the purpose of subjective testing of electronic systems. This report also includes representative images from the image sequences in a set of standard definition materials, the first fruits of the Ad Hoc Group. Finally, the report is a request for feedback and suggestions on the quality of, and the interest in, this process.

Published

2000-10

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/M00158

ISBN

978-1-61482-933-1