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Closed Captions and CSP/RPL

November 2011

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July 2011

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Regal Announces its Closed Caption Plan

May 2011

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“Hop” and Closed Captions

March 2011

ISDCF has been active in testing the SMPTE DCP distribution format, both the packaging of compositions and its playback in systems.  With interoperability established with picture and sound, a major focus of testing has been subtitles and captions, both open and closed.  No testing of Interop DCP has taken place, as the format already benefits [...]

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The Demonstrations Worked!

March 2010

There must be a book somewhere that explains why waiving arms alone doesn’t move technology forward.  But knowing this intuitively, Jerry Pierce, chairperson for ISDCF, your author, and several others plotted a course of demonstrations to give manufacturers a visible milestone in the effort to achieve SMPTE DCP compliance and SMPTE accessibility standards.  It worked.  [...]

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Demonstrating What Hasn’t Been Demonstrated Before

February 2010

ISDCF did not meet this month, other than to review its plans for its March 9 demonstration of SMPTE DCP and closed caption standards.  NATO has been moving forward with its plans to hold a demonstration of accessibility products for digital cinema at ShoWest.  These two demonstrations are very different in nature, and deserve explanation.
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ISDCF Update

January 2010

ISDCF’s March demonstration has made significant gains two months before show time.  The goal of the demonstration is to show standards compliance for both distribution and accessibility features.  At least five manufacturers of digital cinema servers - Dolby, Doremi, GDC, Sony, and XDC - have stepped forward to say they plan to support the requisite [...]

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SMPTE Update

January 2010

Two new documents went to ballot this month, a third was accepted, and a few others are stuck in a bickering match prior to publication.  A revision to SMPTE 430-6 Auditorium Security Message updates the protocol so that a digital cinema server can request multiple certificates from a TI Series 2 projector.  This revision is [...]

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