SMPTE 2110

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SMPTE 2110 is a suite of standards from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) that describes how to send digital media over an IP network. [1]

Contents

SMPTE 2110 is intended to be used within broadcast production and distribution facilities where quality and flexibility are more important than bandwidth efficiency. [2]

History

SMPTE 2110 was based on the TR-03 [3] and TR-04 [4] work published by the Video Services Forum on 12 November 2015. The first four parts of SMPTE 2110, -10, -20, -21 and -30, were published by SMPTE on 27 November 2017. Other parts, including recommended practices, were added later, and several parts were updated in 2022.

Standard

SMPTE 2110 is specified in several parts: [5]

ST 2110-10: System architecture and synchronization

There are several important features of ST 2110-10: [11]

ST 2110-20: Uncompressed video transport

SMPTE 2110-20 defines the key requirements for transporting uncompressed video essence and is built on the IETF RFC   4175, RTP Payload Format for Uncompressed Video. [12]

ST 2110-21: Transmission timing

SMPTE 2110-21 defines three classes of devices based on their transmission timing behavior: NL (for Narrow Linear), N (for Narrow), and W (for Wide). NL senders transmit at a constant bit rate. N senders may suspend transmission during the vertical blanking interval. W senders are intended to support software implementations of 2110 and adhere to less rigorous transmission timing requirements. A type W receiver should be able to receive from any type of sender. [13]

ST 2110-22: Constant bit-rate compressed video transport

SMPTE 2110-22 defines the key requirements for transporting compressed video essence. The compression standard needs to provide a constant bitrate, a defined RTP payload and low latency to satisfy the needs of Live production. The majority of the SMPTE 2110-22 implementations uses the JPEG XS lightweight low latency compression standard [14] created by the Joint Photographic Experts Group to answer the requirements of the SMPTE 2110 standard. The JPEG XS codec has only a few video lines of latency in software and hardware implementations, [15] which is less than 1 millisecond. SMPTE 2110-22 is used as an alternative to uncompressed video (SMPTE 2110-20) in live production environment. SMPTE 2110-22 is indeed very suitable to use less bandwidth in local live IP production, remote production, contribution or cloud-based production. [16]

The 2110 suite also includes SMPTE Recommeded Practices:

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References

  1. ↑ "SMPTE ST 2110: Structuring the Future of Broadcasting". IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  2. ↑ What is SMPTE ST2110?
  3. ↑ Transport of Uncompressed Elementary Stream Media over IP (PDF), Video Services Forum, 12 November 2015
  4. ↑ Utilization of ST-2022-6 Media Flows within a VSF TR-03 Environment (PDF), Video Services Forum, 12 November 2015
  5. ↑ "SMPTE ST 2110 FAQ". Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers . Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  6. ↑ Professional Media over Managed IP Networks: System Timing and Definitions. Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. doi:10.5594/SMPTE.ST2110-10.2017. ISBN   978-1-68303-101-7 . Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  7. ↑ ST 2110-22:2019 - SMPTE Standard - Professional Media Over Managed IP Networks: Constant Bit-Rate Compressed Video, IEEE, 14 August 2019, doi:10.5594/SMPTE.ST2110-22.2019, ISBN   978-1-68303-189-5
  8. ↑ Wes Simpson (May 31, 2018). "SMPTE ST 2110-30: A Fair Hearing For Audio". TV Technology. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  9. ↑ Leigh Whitcomb, Deep Dive into SMPTE ST 2110-40 Ancillary Data (PDF), retrieved 2022-03-25
  10. ↑ SMPTE. "SMPTE ST 2110 - Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers". www.smpte.org. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  11. ↑ SMPTE ST 2110-10: A Base to Build On
  12. ↑ "SMPTE ST 2110-20 Pass the pixels please". TV Technology.
  13. ↑ Wes Simpson (February 9, 2018). "SMPTE ST 2110-21: Taming the Torrents". TV Technology.
  14. ↑ JPEG XS and ST 2110 (PDF), AIMS Alliance, 12 April 2019
  15. ↑ JPEG XS White Paper
  16. ↑ "Understanding JPEG XS for Live IP and Remote Production".
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