RFC 8331 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2018

RTP Payload for Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers ST 291-1 Ancillary Data

Overview

RFC 8331, “RTP Payload for Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers ST 291-1 Ancillary Data”, is a Proposed Standard document published in February 2018 by T. Edwards. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This memo describes a Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) payload format for the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) ancillary space (ANC) data, as defined by SMPTE ST 291-1. SMPTE ANC data is generally used along with professional video formats to carry a range of ancillary data types, including time code, Closed Captioning, and the Active Format Description (AFD).

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An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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