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1. Digital media and formats
First, let's define a few terms used in the digital media field:
media data, resulting from the digitization of source media (audio, still images, video, text, which are perceived and consumed by the user), represent their "essence" (as in "essential"), a term introduced by an EBU-SMPTE working group , the European Broadcasting Union and the Society of Television and Film Engineers. This data can be that of a piece of music, a TV or radio program, but also a simple video clip, a short sound sequence, a photo...
metadata is literally "data about...
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Digital media and formats
Bibliography
- (1) - EBU/SMPTE - Task Force for harmonized standards for the exchange of programme material as bitstreams – Final Report - , août 1998 https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/techreview/ ebu-smpte-tf-bitstreams.pdf
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Standards and norms
- AES standard for digital audio – Digital input-output interfacing – Serial transmission format for two-channel linearly-represented digital audio data - AES3-2009 - 2014
- AES recommended practice for professional digital audio – Preferred sampling frequencies for applications employing pulse-code modulation - AES5-2008 - 2013
- Digital Cinema System Specification v1.2 http://dcimovies.com/specification/DCI_DCSS_v12_with_errata_2012-1010.pdf...
Directory
Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive list)
ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee ) http://www.atsc.org/
DCI (Digital Cinema Initiatives LLC ) http://www.dcimovies.com/
EBU (European Broadcasting Union )...
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