Compression Formats and Interoperability: Picture Quality Aspects and Consequences for Future Networked Television Production

The information offered in this paper is based on the findings from a specific project carried out on behalf of the Public Broadcasters of Germany, Austria and Switzerland and from the analyses and results of the working group on compression of the joint EBU/SMPTE Task Force for “Harmonized Standards for the Exchange of Programme Material as Bitstreams”. — The paper reports on the results obtained when testing the subjective picture quality within a conventional production scenario using different compression formats and format transitions. A particular emphasis was placed on the performance within a realistic production scenario containing long production chains of those compression families, which have been endorsed by the Task Force. Based on these results and the analyses of the EBU/SMPTE Task Force, the advantages and system aspects of new compression systems in a future networked production environment will be outlined.

Published

1999-02

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/M00942

ISBN

978-1-61482-930-0