Peter Symes, SMPTE
Transcript of Peter Symes, SMPTE
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Progress!
• Now 6 Video-over-IP documents
• Several IMF documents about to
publish
• Media Device Control
• 10Gb/s fiber interfaces & UHDTV
Mapping
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Increased Participation
• > 760 members of Standards
Community
• > 100 in person at Disney in
December
• > 60 online (remote) contributors
during block meetings
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User Input Session
• Held at Disney December 2011
– What does SMPTE need to do?
– Great input
– Led to full-range RGB
– 48fps time code
• Another session December 2013
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A Few New Work Items
• Technology Committee on Cinema
Sound Systems
• Study Group on UHDTV Ecosystem
• Working on processes for software
standards
• Study Group on Media Production
System Network Architecture
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New Communications
• “Outcome Report” from each
meeting block
• Summarizes all in-process projects
(currently 139)
• Available to all • https://www.smpte.org/standards/learn-about-
standards-committees/meeting-reports
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Cooperation
VSF
AMPAS
ETC
DCI AMWA
AES
SMPTE Standards
ISO/IEC
MPEG& JPEG
ITU-R & ITU-T
EBU
ATSC
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The SMPTE Digital Library
• SMPTE Journal (from 1916-date)– Free to Professional members
• Conferences
– Discounted to members
• Standards
– Discounted to members
• Individual and Institutional subscriptions
available
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Myths
• Standards are just for manufacturers
• Users and individuals cannot make a
difference
• It’s expensive to participate
Not True!
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Value to Manufacturers
• Reduced R&D
– Lower product development costs
– Sooner to market
– Interoperability
– Marketing
– More product opportunities
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Value to Users
• Same again!
– Lower product development costs
– Sooner to market
– Interoperability
• Wider choice
• Mix ‘n Match
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Value for Everyone
• Manufacturers do not need to build
everything
• Small companies can enter a niche
– More competition
– Users have access to products that
are not viable for large manufacturers
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Participation
• Yes, it’s best to be there
• But, yes, you can participate
without being there
• All SMPTE standards meetings have
voice/web access
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Why Should Users Participate?
• Do you think the manufacturers
understand what you need?
• The user perspective is essential
to good standards
• Those who don’t participate get
the standards they deserve!
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Why Do We Have To Pay For
Standards We Help Create?
• The benefit of participation is better
standards
• Selling access to standards is an
important element of SMPTE revenue
• Institutional subscriptions are
reasonable and valuable
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How Much Does it Cost?
• You must be a Professional or Executive
Member of SMPTE (or pay a higher fee)
• $250/year extra for Standards
Participation
• Exemptions available
• VoIP or toll call for online meetings
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Need Help?
• Peter Symes or Mauricio Roldan
• [email protected] +1 (914) 205-2371
[email protected] +1 (914) 205-2374
• Generally, best to email first to define
the problem
• Working on “Cookbook” and
“Knowledge Base”