Standard and Specifications

List of DCI / SMPTE Standards and Specifications

The standardization of digital cinema is compiled into this DCI Specification and SMPTE standards below :

DCI DCSS : Digital Cinema System Specification
Sources [DCDM] - SMPTE-428 :
- SMPTE 428-1 : Image Characteristics
- SMPTE 428-2 : Audio Characteristics
- SMPTE 428-3 : Audio Channel Mapping and Channel Labeling
- SMPTE 428-7 : Subtitle
- SMPTE 428-10 : Closed Caption and Closed Subtitle
- SMPTE 428-11 : Additional Frame Rates
- SMPTE 428-12 : Common Audio Channels & SoundField Groups
Packaging [DCP] - SMPTE-429 :
- SMPTE 429-2 : Operational Constraints
- SMPTE 429-3 : Sound And Picture Track File
- SMPTE 429-4 : MXF JPEG 2000 Application
- SMPTE 429-5 : Timed Text Track File
- SMPTE 429-6 : MXF Track File Essence Encryption
- SMPTE 429-7 : Composition Playlist (CPL)
- SMPTE 429-8 : Packing List (PKL)
- SMPTE 429-9 : Asset Mapping & File Segmentation (ASSETMAP)
- SMPTE 429-10 : Stereoscopic Picture Track File
- SMPTE 429-12 : Caption and Closed Subtitle
- SMPTE 429-13 : Operational Constraints for Additional Frame Rates
- SMPTE 429-14 : Aux Data Track File
- SMPTE 429-16 : Additional Composition Metadata & Guidelines
- SMPTE 429-17 : XML Constraints
- SMPTE 429-18 : Immersive Audio Track File
- SMPTE 429-19 : Operational Constraints for Immersive Audio
- SMPTE RDD-52 : DCP Bv2.1 Application Profile
Security - SMPTE-430 :
- SMPTE 430-1 : Key Delivery Message (KDM)
- SMPTE 430-2 : Digital Certificate
- SMPTE 430-3 : Generic Extra-Theater Message Format (ETM)
- SMPTE 430-4 : Log Record Format Specification
- SMPTE 430-5 : Security Log Event Class and Constraints
- SMPTE 430-6 : Auditorium Security Message for Intra-Theater Communications
Additional References :
- SMPTE 377 : MXF File Format Specification
- SMPTE 379 : MXF Generic Container
- SMPTE 390 : MXF Specialized Operational Pattern OP-Atom
- SMPTE 377-4 : MXF Multichannel Audio Labeling Framework
- SMPTE 400 : SMPTE Labels Structures
- SMPTE EG 432-1 : Digital Source Processing — Color Processing for D-Cinema
- SMPTE 2098-1 : Immersive Audio Metadata
- SMPTE 2098-2 : Immersive Audio Bitstream Specification
- SMPTE 2098-5 : Immersive Audio Channels and Soundfield Groups
External References :
- ISO-IEC 15444-1 : JPEG 2000 - Part1, Core
- RFC 4122 : Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
- RFC 5646 : Tags for Identifying Languages
Related References :
- SMPTE 430-10 : Auxilliary Content Synchronization Protocol
- SMPTE 430-11 : Auxilliary Resource Presentation List
- SMPTE 430-12 : FSK Synchronization Signal
- SMPTE 430-14 : Digital Sync Signal and Aux Data Transfer Protocol
- SMPTE 430-15 : Facility List Message Exchange Protocol
- SMPTE 430-16 : Extended Facility List Message

All SMPTE references can be found at the following addresses :

IEEExplore : Search Engine : SMPTE Database, D-Cinema Section (this is the reference)
ISDCF : SMPTE and Other Standards : The complete list of technical documentation about the digital cinema.
ISDCF : Technical Docs : List of (some) documentation related to the digital cinema.
Interop DCP Specs : The old standards of the previous DCPs format (Interop) (but still active)
SMPTE Journals : The publications and articles from SMPTE Journals