Peter Symes, SMPTE

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SMPTE UpdateHPA 2013

Peter Symes

Director, Standards & Engineering

SMPTE

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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

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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

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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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http://library.smpte.org/

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http://journal.smpte.org/

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Journal

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Journal

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Search (Others Similar)

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http://conferences.smpte.org/

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Conferences/

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http://standards.smpte.org

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Standards Search

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Standards Scope

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Standards References

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THE ECONOMICS OF STANDARDS

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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”

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Thank you!