Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
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The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers or SMPTE (pronounced "simptee" or sometimes "sumptee") (founded in 1916 as the Society of Motion Picture Engineers or SMPE) is an international professional association, based in the United States of America, of engineers working in the motion imaging industries. An internationally-recognized standards developing organization, SMPTE has over 400 standards, Recommended Practices and Engineering Guidelines for television, motion pictures, digital cinema, audio and medical imaging. In addition to development and publication of standards documents, SMPTE publishes a journal, provides assistance to members with employment, and performs other industry-related functions.
Membership is open to any individual or organization with interest in the subject matter.
SMPTE standards documents are copyrighted and may be purchased from the SMPTE website, or other distributors of technical standards. Standard documents may be purchased by the general public. Significant standards promulgated by SMPTE include:
- All film and television transmission formats and media, including digital.
- Physical interfaces for transmission of television signals and related data (such as SMPTE time code)
- The SMPTE color bar test pattern and other diagnostic tools
- The Material eXchange Format, or MXF
See also
List of motion picture-related topics (Extensive alphabetical listing)External links
- http://www.smpte.org/
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