Transcript IMF
IMF
Interoperable Master Format Business Situation
• • • • • • Introduction Structure How does it work?
Standardization status What’s new?
Business Cases IMF - Overview
introduction
Industry issues
• • • • • International film distribution results in thousands of different versions Various edited versions Various audio versions Various subtitle combinations Various formats (Cinema, Television, Internet, smart phones & tablets, airlines, etc)
History
• • • • • • 2007 – «Studios» discuss about a common distribution format 2008 – USC ETC hosts discussions 2011 – USC ETC publishes IMF spec 1.0
2011 – SMPTE starts working on IMF (35PM50 Group) 2013 – SMPTE releases first IMF specification 2013 – France’s CST releases Film Archive extension proposal introduction
IMF Structure
IMP
Interoperable Master Package
IMF Version Management
IMF Version Management
IMF Version Management
INSERTS IMF Version Management BASE TRACK
IMF Version Management French Composition Playlist
IMF Version Management German Composition Playlist
IMF Version Management Italian Composition Playlist
IMF Version Management
APP #1
MXF Uncomp.
DPX IMF Applications
CORE FRAMEWORK
(Metadata, Packing, Asset Management)
APP #2
MXF JPEG2000 Broadcast HD
APP #2e
MXF JPEG2000 Broadcast UHDTV
APP #2e+
MXF JPEG2000 Film Archive
APP #3
MXF MPEG4 SStP Broadcast HD
App #2 - Essence Components
• • • • • MXF AS-02 JPEG 2000 Broadcast Profile HD RGB & YUV Lossy & Lossless Audio stored as MXF wrapped PCM IMF Applications
App #2e - Essence Components
• • • • • • MXF AS-02 JPEG 2000 Broadcast Profile UHDTV RGB & YUV REC2020 Lossy & Lossless Audio stored as MXF wrapped PCM IMF Applications
App #2e+ (CST proposal)
• • • JPEG2000 16bit encoding • • XYZ color space (conversion from DSM to XYZ left to the lab) 4:4:4 color sampling • Film 2K (2048x1536), 4K (4096x3072), 6K & 8K resolutions Archive Frame Rates (AFR): 16, 200:11, 20, 240:11 fps IMF for Film Archives
SMPTE released standards
• • • • • • ST-2067-2 ST-2067-3 ST-2067-5 ST-2067-20 ST-2067-21 ST-2067-30 Core Constraints Composition Playlist Essence Component Application #2 Application #2 Extended Application #3 Standardization Status
COMPOSITION PLAYLIST
Transcoding instructions stored as
metadata HD SD 2K/4K O UTPUT P ROFILE L ISTS
IMF Transcoding
New trends & market opportunities
• • • 4K & UHDTV High Dynamic Range (HDR) television (Dolby Vision, Sony xvYCC) Catalog remastering • New successful distribution channels (e.g. Netflix) What is new?
Sony Pictures
• • • • 100 catalog titles remastered in UHDTV Blu-Ray HD (sold as remastered in 4K) • Sony’s 4K VoD platform Online distribution partners IMF App 2e used (xvYCC) Business cases
Netflix
• • • • 50 million members in nearly 50 countries more than one billion hours of TV shows and movies per month • 2014 investment: over $400M on technology development Netfilx Preferred Vendors IMF App 2e used (YCbCr 4:2:2) Business cases
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