• Compression Techniques

  Specs for Commercial Submission

  Posted by Deleted User on June 25, 2010 at 3:12 pm

  Please provide any examples as to what broadcast and cable are requiring for digital specs when submitting a spot via ftp? I wanted to check if our specs are on par with everyone else.

  things such as codec, data rate, etc.

  thanks
  Lee
  CTV Calgary

  Craig Seeman replied 16 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
• 3 Replies

• 

  Craig Seeman

  June 25, 2010 at 3:20 pm

  They need to give you specs. There are many differences ranging from DGFastchannel to specific cable providers.

  Generally I find MPEG-2 Program Stream, 2 Pass CBR, over 10mbps, Closed GOP. Some may require upper field. Some want 4:2:2 color space and others might accept 4:2:0.

  You MUST ask the PROVIDER. Our specs wont get you passed YOUR PROVIDER’S specs.
• 

  Deleted User

  June 25, 2010 at 3:25 pm

  In this case, my company IS the provider. I am asking for examples of digital submission specs broadcasters and cable in your area have given to you so that I can compare our requirements that we give our own advertisers.

  Lee
  CTV Calgary
• 

  Craig Seeman

  June 25, 2010 at 3:35 pm

  MPEG2 Program Stream, over 10mbps, Slate with spot code at head followed by 1 sec of black. Color Space 4:2:2, Closed GOP IBBPBB, Audio 384kbps, Layer II, Psycho Model 2, Field Oder Same as Source (or upper it depends on YOUR handling), 720×480 or 720×512 (that’s space for VBI if customers are using Closed Captioning or Nielsen Sigma Encoding).

  The problem is you have to determine what YOU can handle and then tell people. It may depend on your input system.

Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up