Tying it All Together — A Watershed Moment in the Media Industry: SDI, Video Compression, MXF, AS-02, AS-03, IMF, FIMS, SMPTE 2022 All Explained in 200 Pages or Less

In July of 1998 the joint SMPTE/EBU Task Force for Harmonized Standards for the Exchange of Program Material as Bitstreams published its Final Report: Analyses and Results. Now some 13 years later, the basic framework outlined in this report is becoming a reality. But more than this, the framework allows innovative media companies and manufacturers to expand the power and possibilities of the framework well beyond what was envisioned when the report was published. — This paper connects the dots between SDI, image compression, the invention of the AAF/MXF data model, the MXF wrapper format, the subsequent development of AS-02, AS-03 and other MXF Application Specifications, developments in high-speed networking technology and network security, the SMPTE 2022 Standard for Professional Video over IP transmission, the recent activities of the Hollywood-based ETC's Interoperable Mastering Format (IMF) which has recently moved into the SMPTE, and the AMWA/EBU Task Force on the Framework for Interoperable Media Services (FIMS) concentrating on service oriented media workflows. — The author posits that we are at a watershed moment in the industry, which will create new opportunities, and even perhaps new media businesses that do not exist today.

Published

2011-10

Content type

Original Research

Keywords

MXF, AS-02, AS-03, Application Specifications, IMF, Interoperable Mastering Format, FIMS, Framework for Interoperable Media Services, SMPTE 2022

DOI

10.5594/M001052

ISBN

978-1-61482-940-9