The SMPTE Type D-1 Digital Television Tape Recorder — Error Control

This article will explain the method of error control employed in the SMPTE D-1 digital television tape recorder (DTTR). It starts with an outline of the fundamental aspects of information engineering, and follows with a description of the error-control scheme objectives. The nature of redundancy against error-correcting power is explained, together with the constraints set by the operational requirements of slow-motion and high-speed shuttle replay. The use of a combined error-correcting, error-detecting code is described, and aspects of the error-control performance are calculated in detail.

Print ISSN

0036-1682

Published

1986-11

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/J04080