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What the heck is SMPTE?
by cyberax 4mo ago
What the heck is SMPTE?
- s1mon 4mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Motion_Picture_and_Television_Engineers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Motion_Picture_and_...
- SoftTalker 4mo agoDidn't realize they were so broad in scope. The only thing I had heard of was "SMPTE codes" used in audio recording to sync up multiple multi-track recording machines, so that e.g. you could record 30 tracks using two 16-track recorders (with one track on each machine used for the sync). I never bothered to look up what SMPTE meant.
- returnorthrow 4mo agoYou’re likely referring to SMPTE timecode, a method of conveying timing information about a video signal (eg. HH:MM:SS:FF), which is SMPTE 12M. There are various ways that timecode is conveyed in media such as LTC (linear timecode, usually carried as an audio signal), VITC (vertical interval timecode, in the vertical blanking interval of a video signal), and others.
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- adrian_b 4mo agoSociety of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. The SMPTE standards have been very important for cinematography and television, especially for professional applications. Their importance has decreased since the transition to digital video, when many relevant standards have been issued by other organizations, but many SMPTE standards are still important, especially regarding the formats used for distributing digital movies for movie theaters.
- jonizzle 4mo agoBut they are getting back in the game with SMPTE 2110 which is a standard that describes how to send digital media over an IP network.
- qlm 4mo agoI learned this from the Frank Zappa song "Baby Snakes" which contains the lyrics: They live in a ho-ho-hole (Tiny hole) That is usually empty (Usually empty, tiny too) They live by a code (Dit dit dit dit) That is usually SMPTE Which stands for Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers
- dogman1050 4mo agoAlso the name of prog supergroup Transatlantic's first album, SMPT:E, a play on the band members names.
- jimmygrapes 4mo agoI thought it was the Transatlantic album (StoltMorsePortnoyTrewavas)
- PaulHoule 4mo agoExplained here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk9xpH5aUtk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk9xpH5aUtk
- cortesoft 4mo agoI saw it and thought it was an extension to the the SMTP standard.
- ElijahLynn 4mo agoI had the same question. I clicked on their menu About > Who is SMPTE page and it didn't define the acronym either. Then I scrolled to the bottom of the page and I did see it in the footer: SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION ENGINEERS Today I learned
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