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April 2011

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DCI’s Next Steps with NIST

February 2011

DCI agreed to a proposed solution by the SMPTE Study Group on NIST Revisions and DCI for solving the dual certificate issue.  The method shown last month was under consideration, but the proposal that’s moving forward is simpler with less impact.   Rather than impose a change in the way KDMs are made, the accepted method [...]

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SMPTE Update

February 2011

SMPTE’s 21DC ad hoc groups and working groups met this month.  For the working groups, it was their last meeting.  21DC10 Mastering, chaired by Al Barton (now with Fox), and 21DC30, chaired by your author, will be retired in the formal Technology Committee meeting to be held in March.  The change has been a long [...]

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ISDCF Update

February 2011

ISDCF did not meet in February, but will meet again in early March.  The two primary topics on its agenda will be the April Plugfest, and…audio (again).  But there are sparks of interest elsewhere, as well, including field testing of forensic marking.
One would think that the chairman is sadistic to bring up the subject of [...]

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ISDCF’s January Plugfest Indicates…That We Need Another Plugfest

January 2011

ISDCF conducted its 4th Plugfest in January to test the functionality of subtitles and accessibility with SMPTE DCP-compliant servers.  The previous Plugfest was in November, and was “virtual.”  Content was distributed, and vendors reported their results.  The January Plugfest was physical.  As with other Plugfests and digital-cinema demonstrations, it was held at the Technicolor ITC [...]

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SMPTE Update

November 2010

SMPTE 21DC working groups and project groups met on Nov 30, barely within the reporting window for this month’s report.  Several revised documents are on the path for elevation to ballot.
The documents are:

429-2 DCP Operational Constraints
430-4 Security Log Format
430-5 Security Log Constraints
430-7 Facility List
430-9 KDM Bundle
433 Datatypes

The 430 and 433 series documents are revised to [...]

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ISDCF Undertakes Virtual Plugfest and Interop Audio

November 2010

ISDCF held its virtual “plugfest” this month.  In test were nine different compositions packaged in SMPTE DCP format by eight different mastering houses.  In turn, the DCPs were tested on five different systems, from Doremi, GDC, Dolby, Sony, and XDC.  It is worth noting the complexity of these tests.  There is no such thing as [...]

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Other News

October 2010

ISDCF canceled its November 18 Plugfest and will instead hold a “virtual” plugfest.  Date conflicts and difficulty in booking a screening room have caused this change.  The virtual plugfest is taking place on the iPath reflector, limited to bona fide techies across the industry.
John Woodward left his position as CEO of UK [...]

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