Bibliography

Videotape time and control codes

ANSI/SMPTE 12M-1986 (amended 1993): American National Standard for television - time and control cycle - video and audio tape for 525 line/60 field systems.

ANSI/SMPTE 230M-1991: V2 in Type L - Electrical Parameters Control Code and Tracking Control.

EBU N12-1994: Time and Control Codes for Television Recording.

IEC 461:1986 (amended 1993) and BS 6865:1987 (amended 1993) British Standards Specification for Time and Control Codes for Videotape Recorders.

SMPTE 228M (Proposed): 19 mm type D-l Cue and Time and Control Code Records.

SMPTE 248M (Proposed): 19 mm type D-2 Cue Record and Time and Control Code Records.

SMPTE 262M: Storage and Transmission of Data in Binary Groups of Time and Control Codes.

SMPTE 266M: 4:2:2 Digital Component Systems - Digital VITC.

SMPTE RP169: Audio and Film Time and Control Codes - Auxilliary Time Address Data in Binary Groups - Dialect Specification of Directory Index Locations.

SMPTE RP179: Dialect Specification of Page-Line Directory Index for Television, Audio and Film Time and Control Code for Video Assisted Film Editing.

SMPTE/ANSI 20M-1991: 1 in Type C Recorders and Reproducers Longitudinal Audio Characteristics.

Robinson, J. Videotape Recording (Focal Press).

Watkinson, J. The Art of Digital Video (Focal Press).

Watkirison, J. The D2 Digital Video Recorder (Focal Press).

R-DAT, DASH and Prodigi

IEC Draft International Standard: Reference 60A (Central Office) 138.

SMPTE Journal, July 1990: A Professional DAT System.

Watkinson, J. The Art of Digital Audio (Focal Press).

Watkinson, J. RDAT (Focal Press).

AES/EBU interface

AES3-199X: Draft AES Recommended Practice for Digital Audio Engineering - Serial Transmission Format for 2-Channel Linearly Represented Digital Audio Data.

AES18-1992 (ANSI 54.52-1992): Format for the user channel data of the AES digital audio interface.

EBU Tech 3250: Specification of the Digital Audio Interface.

Nunn, J. P. (1992) Ancilliary data in the AES/EBU digital audio interface. In Proceedings of the 1st NAB Radio Montreux Symposium, 10-13 June, pp 29-41.

Rumsey, F. J. (1992) Timecode in Channel Status. Proposal submitted to AES SC2-5-1 working party on synchronisation, San Francisco, August.

Rumsey, F. and Watkinson, J. The Digital Interface Handbook (Focal Press).

Film timecodes

Arri press release, 8 September 1992: The Time Machine.

Arri press release, 9 September 1992: Keykode links film and tape editing in big productions.

Eastman Kodak®, Guide to Film and Video Postproduction, November 1993.

SMPTE RP 114-1983: Dimensions of Photographic Control and Data Record on 16 mm Motion Picture Film.

SMPTE RP 115-1983: Dimensions of Photographic Control and Data Record on 35 mm Motion Picture Release Prints.

SMPTE RP 116-1990: Dimensions of Photographic Control and Data Record on 35 mm Motion-Picture Camera Negatives.

SMPTE RP 117-1989: Dimensions of Magnetic Control and Data Record on 8 mm Type S Motion-Picture Film.

SMPTE RP 118-1983: Dimension of Photographic Control and Data Record on 8 mm Type S Motion Picture Prints.

SMPTE RP 135-1990: Use of Binary Groups in Motion Picture Film Time and Control Codes.

SMPTE RP 136-1986: Time and Control Codes for 24, 25, or 30 Frame-Per-Second Motion Picture Systems.

SMPTE 270: Manufacturer-Printed Latent Image Identification (65 mm motion picture film).

SMPTE 271: Manufacturer-Printed Latent Image Identification (16 mm motion picture film).

USS-128: Uniform Symbology Specification, Pub. Automatic Identification Manufacturers, Pittsburgh.

ESbus

EBU TECH 3245 and Supplements 1-4: Remote-control systems for broadcasting production equipment; System service and common messages; VTR, ATR and Telecine type-specific messages.

SMPTE RP113 (Proposed revision of RP 113-1983): Supervisory Protocol for Digital Control Interface.

SMPTE RP139 (Proposed revision of RP139-1986): Tributary Interconnection.

SMPTE 207M (Proposed revision of 207M-1984): Digital Control Interface - Electrical and Mechanical Characteristics.

MIDI timecode

Penfold, R. MIDI Advanced Users Guide (PC Publishing).

Rumsey, Francis, MIDI Systems and control (Focal Press).

Penfold, R. The Practical MIDI Handbook (PC Publishing).

MPEG-2 and IEEE 1394

Orzessek, J. and Sommer, P. (1995) ATM & MPEG-2 (Prentice-Hall).

SMPTE Journal, July 1996, pp 395 - 400: Timing and Synchronisation Using MPEG-2 Transport Streams.

IEEE Standard for a High Performance Serial Bus: IEEE 1394 - 1995.

SMPTE312M: Splice Points for MPEG-2 Transport Streams.

SMPTE Journal, July 1996: DVCPRO: A Comprehensive Format Overview.

EBU Technical Review, Special Supplement, August 1998: EBU/SMPTE Task Force for Harmonised Standards for the Exchange of Programme Material as Bitstreams.

GPS and terrestrial time and date codes

Proc,. IEEE, volume 79, no. 7, July 1991 - Special issue on Time and Frequency.

Kaplan, Elliot G. (1996) Understanding GPS; principles and applications (Artech House).

Sobel, Dava (1996) Longitude - The true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time (Fourth Estate).

National Physical Laboratory Time & Frequency Services documents: tafis00l.v0l, updated 18 December 1996 tafis003.v01, updated 18 December 1996 tafis004.v0l, updated 18 December 1996 tafis005.v0l, updated 18 December 1996 CETM h 099, January 1997 CETM h 101, January 1997

GPS Interface Control Document ICD-GPS-200: Navtech Book & Software Store 2775 S. Quincy St., Suite 610, Arlington, VA 22206 (Rev. 01 July 1992).

SMPTE Journal, July 1996: DVCPRO: A Comprehensive Format Overview.

EBU Technical Review, Special Supplement, August 1998: EBU/SMPTE Task Force for Harmonised Standards for the Exchange of Programme Material as Bitstreams.

DV

SMPTE 306M: 6.35-mm Type D-7 Component Format - Video Compression at 25 Mb/s - 525/60 and 625/50.

http://www.computervice.com/dv-I/DV-Beta.html: DV vs. Betacam SP: 4:1:1 vs. 4:2:2, artifacts and Other Controversies.

SMPTE Journal, July 1996: DVCPRO: A Comprehensive Format Overview.

EBU Technical Review, Special Supplement, August 1998: EBU/SMPTE Task Force for Harmonised Standards for the Exchange of Programme Material as Bitstreams.

Timecode in HANC

SMPTE Journal, November 1995: Ancillary Data and the Serial Digital Interface.

SMPTE 272M: Formatting AES/EBU Audio and Auxiliary Data into Digital Video Ancillary Data Space.

SMPTE 196M: Transmission of LTC and VITC Data as HANC Packets in Serial Digital Television Interfaces.

SMPTE 291M: Ancillary Data Packet and Space Formatting,

SMPTE RP 188: Transmission of Time Code and Control Code in the Ancillary Data Space of a Digital Television Data Stream.