What the heck is SMPTE?

adrian_b 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.

The SMPTE standards have been very important for cinematography and television, especially for professional applications.

Their importance has decreased since the transition to digital video, when many relevant standards have been issued by other organizations, but many SMPTE standards are still important, especially regarding the formats used for distributing digital movies for movie theaters.

	▲	qlm 7 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I learned this from the Frank Zappa song "Baby Snakes" which contains the lyrics: They live in a ho-ho-hole (Tiny hole) That is usually empty (Usually empty, tiny too) They live by a code (Dit dit dit dit) That is usually SMPTE Which stands for Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers
	▲	jonizzle 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		But they are getting back in the game with SMPTE 2110 which is a standard that describes how to send digital media over an IP network.

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ElijahLynn an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I had the same question. I clicked on their menu About > Who is SMPTE page and it didn't define the acronym either.

Then I scrolled to the bottom of the page and I did see it in the footer: SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION ENGINEERS

Today I learned

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s1mon 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Motion_Picture_and_...

	▲	SoftTalker 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Didn't realize they were so broad in scope. The only thing I had heard of was "SMPTE codes" used in audio recording to sync up multiple multi-track recording machines, so that e.g. you could record 30 tracks using two 16-track recorders (with one track on each machine used for the sync). I never bothered to look up what SMPTE meant.
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cortesoft 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I saw it and thought it was an extension to the the SMTP standard.

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PaulHoule 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Explained here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk9xpH5aUtk

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dogman1050 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Also the name of prog supergroup Transatlantic's first album, SMPT:E, a play on the band members names.

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jimmygrapes 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I thought it was the Transatlantic album (StoltMorsePortnoyTrewavas)