Standards (referenced in Cinepedia)
Picture
- SMPTE ST428-1 Image Characteristics
- SMPTE RP 431-2 Reference Projector and Environment
- ISO-IEC 15444-1 (JPEG 2000)
Packaging
- SMPTE ST429-2 DCP Operational Constraints
- SMPTE ST429-3 Sound and Picture Track File
- SMPTE ST429-4 DCP MXF JPEG 2000 Application
- SMPTE ST429-5 Timed Text Track File
- SMPTE ST429-6 MXF Track File Essence Encryption
- SMPTE ST429-7 Composition Playlist
- SMPTE ST429-8 Packing List
- SMPTE ST 429-10 DCP Stereoscopic Picture Track File
- SMPTE ST429-16 Additional Composition Metadata and Guidelines
- RFC 4122 (UUID)
MXF
- SMPTE ST 377 MXF File Format Specification
- SMPTE ST 379 MXF Generic Container
- SMPTE ST 390-2011 MXF Pattern “OP-Atom”
Security
- SMPTE ST430-1 Key Delivery Message (KDM)
- SMPTE ST430-2 Digital Certificate
- SMPTE ST430-3 Extra-Theater Message (ETM)
- SMPTE ST430-4 Log Record Format Specification
- SMPTE ST430-5 Security Log Event Class and Constraints
- SMPTE ST430-6 Auditorium Security Message for Intra-Theater Communications
- SMPTE RDD20 CineLink 2 Specification
Sound
- SMPTE ST428-2 DCDM Audio Characteristics
- SMPTE ST 428-12 DCDM Common Audio Channels and Soundfield Groups
- SMPTE ST429-2 DCP Operational Constraints
- SMPTE ST 377-4 MXF Multichannel Audio Labeling Framework
- ISDCF Doc4 – 16 Channel Audio Packaging Guide
Accessibility
- SMPTE ST 428-7 DCDM Subtitle
- SMPTE ST 428-10 DCDM Closed Caption and Closed Subtitle
- SMPTE ST 429-5 DCP Timed Text Track File
- SMPTE ST 429-12 DCP Caption and Closed Subtitle
- SMPTE ST 430-10 Auxilliary Content Synchronization Protocol
- SMPTE ST 430-11 Auxilliary Resource Presentation List
More Information
Other Links
- SMPTE DCP Migration Project, hosted by SMPTE
- SMPTE ST 431-1 Screen Luminance Level, Chromaticity and Uniformity
- Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI)
- ASC Cinema Display Evaluation Plan & Test Protocol
- UHD Color For Games, published by NVIDIA
- KLV (Wikipedia)
- MXF (Wikipedia)
ISDCF Technical Documents
ISDCF (Inter-Society Digital Cinema Forum) hosts multiple ad hoc technical documents that describe current practice for digital cinema.
Digital Cinema Naming Convention
The Digital Cinema Naming Convention (DCNC) is used when naming (or locating) Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs).
Interop DCP
Cine Tech Geek
Cine Tech Geek is an informative video blog explaining many of the technical operational details of digital cinema distribution and exhibition.
KDM Naming Convention
The KDM Naming Convention was created to aid theater technicians who must identify KDMs by filename. No further work has taken place since 2009.