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Production Operations

This document explores a range of common production operations and the requirements for tracking identity and timing through them.

Basic Operations

The following set of basic operations have been identified (and grouped).

Grey SCs & TVIs: If the content is modified for purely technical reasons, it's likely to be the same TVI / SC. If it's modified for editorial reasons it's likely to be a new TVI / SC. If in doubt, considering each case as a new TVI / SC would avoid errors, but might mean additional steps for users in navigating between similar media.

No Identity Change

  • Storage
  • Stored Content Access (ie. no re-timing)
  • Internal Lossless Format Conversion (ie. within 'black box')
  • Data Transfer
  • Buffer / Highly Latent Connection

0:1 TDS

New TDS, New SC, Same TVI

  • Capture

1:0 TDS

No New TDS, No New SC, Same TVI

  • Output

1:1 TDS

New TDS, New SC, New TVI

  • Slow Motion / Speed Up
  • Stored Content Replay (ie. with re-timing)
  • Time Shift
  • Content Analysis
  • Frame Synchroniser / Rate Conforming Operation
  • Variable Time Shift (including Delay Line)

New TDS, New SC, Same TVI

  • Time Context Re-Mapping

New TDS, Same SC Permitted (due to same TVI), Same TVI

  • Audio / Video Bit Depth Modification
  • Chroma Subsampling Modification
  • Byte Packing Modification
  • Colorspace Conversion
  • Colour Encoding Conversion
  • Video Resolution Modification
  • Sample Rate Conversion
  • Encode / Decode

New TDS, Grey SC (due to grey TVI), Grey TVI

  • Amplify / Attenuate
  • Video Crop / Zoom
  • Video Squeeze / Squash
  • Conversion to monochrome
  • EQ Modification

1..*:1 TDS

New TDS, New SC, New TVI

  • Switch
  • Mix
  • Combine
  • Video Keying
  • DOG Overlay / Insertion
  • Audio / Video Watermarking

1:1..* TDS

New TDS, New SC, New TVI

  • Split