NMOS Capabilities

This Capabilities parameter register contains values that may be used to identify a capability, used in the caps property of the resources defined in the AMWA IS-04 NMOS Discovery and Registration Specification.

Criteria
Values
Constraint Set
Constraint Set Metadata
- Label
- Preference
- Enabled
Parameter Constraints

Criteria

Capabilities used in the IS-04 caps properties are strongly RECOMMENDED to be included in this parameter register.
Each entry MUST define a unique capability name (which is a string, with words separated by underscores, or a URN).
Each entry MUST have a short description.
Each entry MUST identify any AMWA Specifications and versions from which it is valid.
Additions and updates to this parameter register are to be submitted via a Pull Request (PR) according to the General Procedures and Criteria.

Query API clients MUST be tolerant to the presence of capabilities not yet defined here which may be added in later API versions.

Manufacturers MAY use their own namespaces to indicate capabilities which are not currently defined within the NMOS namespace (urn:x-nmos:cap:). In order to avoid collisions with simple names allocated by AMWA specifications, they MUST NOT use capability names that do not start with urn:.

Note: AMWA IS-04 specifies general requirements for the construction and use of URNs in NMOS specifications.

Capabilities are most used by IS-04 Receivers to indicate what they may consume, but may be used by other caps objects in the future, potentially to indicate what they may be re-configured to generate.

Values

Media Types

Name: media_types
Description: Identifies Flows which may be created or consumed based upon their media_type attribute.
Specification: AMWA IS-04 v1.1
Applicability: AMWA IS-04 since v1.1

Event Types

Name: event_types
Description: Identifies Sources or Flows which may be created or consumed based upon their event_type attribute.
Specification: AMWA IS-04 v1.3
Applicability: AMWA IS-04 since v1.3

Constraint Sets

Name: constraint_sets
Description: Identifies streams from Senders which may be created or consumed based upon the attributes of the associated Source or Flow or contents of the associated transport file.
Specification: AMWA BCP-004-01
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Version

Name: version
Description: String formatted TAI timestamp (<seconds>:<nanoseconds>) indicating when an attribute of the caps object last changed.
Specification: AMWA BCP-004-01
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Constraint Set

Note: A JSON schema for a Constraint Set, supporting validation of all the Constraint Set Metadata and Parameter Constraints defined in this register, is available as constraint_set.json. It MAY be used in place of the file with the same name in the AMWA BCP-004-01 specification.

Constraint Set Metadata

Label

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:meta:label
Description: Freeform string label to provide a human-readable name for a Constraint Set.
Specification: AMWA BCP-004-01
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Preference

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:meta:preference
Description: Expresses the relative ‘weight’ that the Receiver assigns to its preference for the streams satisfied by the associated Constraint Set.
Specification: AMWA BCP-004-01
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Enabled

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:meta:enabled
Description: Indicates whether a Constraint Set is available to use immediately (true) or whether this is an offline capability which can be activated via some unspecified configuration mechanism (false).
Specification: AMWA BCP-004-01
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Parameter Constraints

Media Type

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:format:media_type
Description: Identifies streams which may be created or consumed based upon their IANA media type.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: string
- Target: (a) Flow media_type attribute, (b) SDP media description m= <media> and associated attribute a=rtpmap: <encoding name>
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Grain Rate

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:format:grain_rate
Description: Identifies streams which may be created or consumed based upon their grain rate.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: rational
- Target: (a) Flow grain_rate (or from Source if omitted), (b) SDP attribute a=fmtp: format-specific parameter exactframerate
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Frame Width

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:format:frame_width
Description: Identifies the acceptable width in pixels of the picture in a video stream.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: integer
- Target: (a) video Flow frame_width, (b) SDP attribute a=fmtp: format-specific parameter width
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Frame Height

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:format:frame_height
Description: Identifies the acceptable height in pixels of the picture in a video stream.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: integer
- Target: (a) video Flow frame_height, (b) SDP attribute a=fmtp: format-specific parameter height
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Interlace Mode

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:format:interlace_mode
Description: Identifies the acceptable interlace mode of a video stream.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: string (enumerated values as per AMWA IS-04)
- Target: (a) video Flow interlace_mode, (b) SDP attribute a=fmtp: format-specific parameters interlace and segmented
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Colorspace

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:format:colorspace
Description: Identifies the acceptable colorspace of a video stream.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: string (enumerated values as per AMWA IS-04 and the Flow Attributes register)
- Target: (a) video Flow colorspace, (b) SDP attribute a=fmtp: format-specific parameter colorimetry
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Transfer Characteristic

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:format:transfer_characteristic
Description: Identifies the acceptable transfer characteristic system of a video stream.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: string (enumerated values as per AMWA IS-04 and the Flow Attributes register)
- Target: (a) video Flow transfer_characteristic, (b) SDP attribute a=fmtp: format-specific parameter TCS
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Color Sampling

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:format:color_sampling
Description: Identifies the acceptable color (sub-)sampling mode of a video stream.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: string (enumerated values as per ST 2110-20 and the IANA Media Type Sub-Parameter Registry for video/raw: Color (sub-)sampling)
- Target: (a) SDP attribute a=fmtp: format-specific parameter sampling, (b) video Flow components
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Component Depth

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:format:component_depth
Description: Identifies the acceptable number of bits per component sample of a video stream.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: integer
- Target: (a) SDP attribute a=fmtp: format-specific parameter depth, (b) video Flow components.bit_depth
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Format Bit Rate

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:format:bit_rate
Description: Identifies the acceptable bit rate of a compressed video or audio stream, in kilobits/second.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: integer
- Target: coded video or audio Flow bit_rate (defined in the Flow Attributes register)
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Profile

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:format:profile
Description: Identifies the acceptable profiles, as defined for the specific media type.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: string (values depending on the media type)
- Target: (a) video Flow profile (defined in the Flow Attributes register), (b) depending on the media type, an SDP attribute a=fmtp: format-specific parameter, e.g. profile
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Level

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:format:level
Description: Identifies the acceptable levels, as defined for the specific media type.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: string (values depending on the media type)
- Target: (a) video Flow level (defined in the Flow Attributes register), (b) depending on the media type, an SDP attribute a=fmtp: format-specific parameter, e.g. level
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Sublevel

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:format:sublevel
Description: Identifies the acceptable sublevels, as defined for the specific media type.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: string (values depending on the media type)
- Target: (a) coded video Flow sublevel (defined in the Flow Attributes register), (b) depending on the media type, an SDP attribute a=fmtp: format-specific parameter, e.g. sublevel
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Channel Count

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:format:channel_count
Description: Identifies the acceptable number of channels of an audio stream.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: integer
- Target: (a) audio Source channels, (b) SDP attribute a=rtpmap: <encoding parameters>
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Sample Rate

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:format:sample_rate
Description: Identifies the acceptable number of samples per second in an audio stream.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: rational
- Target: (a) audio Flow sample_rate, (b) SDP attribute a=rtpmap: <clock rate>
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Sample Depth

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:format:sample_depth
Description: Identifies the acceptable number of bits per sample of an audio stream.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: integer
- Target: raw audio Flow bit_depth
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Event Type

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:format:event_type
Description: Identifies acceptable data streams based upon their event type.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: string (values as per AMWA IS-07 Event types capability management)
- Target: data Flow event_type
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Transport Bit Rate

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:transport:bit_rate
Description: Identifies the acceptable bit rate of a network stream, in kilobits/second, including the transport overhead.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: integer
- Target: (a) Sender bit_rate (defined in the Sender Attributes register), (b) depending on the media type, SDP application-specific bandwidth b=AS:, for example as per ST 2110-22
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Packet Time

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:transport:packet_time
Description: Identifies the acceptable length of time in milliseconds represented by the media in a packet.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: number (as per RFC 4566)
- Target: SDP attribute a=ptime: <packet time>
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Max Packet Time

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:transport:max_packet_time
Description: Identifies the acceptable maximum amount of media that can be encapsulated in each packet, expressed as time in milliseconds.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: number (as per RFC 4566)
- Target: SDP attribute a=maxptime: <maximum packet time>
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Packet Transmission Mode

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:transport:packet_transmission_mode
Description: Identifies the acceptable JPEG XS packetization and transmission mode.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: string (enumerated values as per the Sender Attributes register)
- Target: (a) Sender packet_transmission_mode (defined in the Sender Attributes register), (b) SDP attribute a=fmtp: format-specific parameters packetmode and transmode, per RFC 9134
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

ST 2110-21 Sender Type

Name: urn:x-nmos:cap:transport:st2110_21_sender_type
Description: Identifies the ST 2110-21 receiver capabilities, expressed as the acceptable sender type or types.
Specification: per AMWA BCP-004-01
- Type: string (enumerated values as per ST 2110-21, such as 2110TPNL for narrow linear senders)
- Target: (a) Sender st2110_21_sender_type (defined in the Sender Attributes register), (b) SDP attribute a=fmtp: format-specific parameter TP
Applicability: AMWA IS-04

Documentation built at 03:51:33 CDT on 2023-10-24.