Digital Video Standards and Measurements

This document illustrates the default style of course. Specific instances may vary for operational reasons, or in response to data provided by delegates during the welcome session of day 1. Day One Welcome Analogue to Digital and back

Distortion in ADC and DAC devices

Sampling Standards Day 2 Interconnection of digital video units Ancillary data services

About this course. Site safety briefing. Processes and considerations of converting analogue video signals to digital form, them recreating analogue signals for display. Origins of differential gain and differential phase errors in ADC and DAC processing. Oversampling techniques. ITU-R BT.601 sampling standard

Monitoring and Measurements

ITU-R BT.656 interfacing standard Adding extra information to the video signal in the form of DVITC, Video Index and ancillary data packets. The typical monitoring and measurement processes required in SDI installations. Principles of EDH processing and monitoring.

Day 3 Jitter

Timing

Practical session 1

Sources and effects of jitter in SDI. Measurement techniques and guidelines to ensure high quality-of-service. Common SDI test signals. Requirements for timing at a vision mixing point. Techniques to create a valid timing flow in an installation. Working with the Tektronix WFM601M
waveform monitor

Hands-on work with SDI installation Day 4 System building blocks

A review of the interfaces and processing units that are needed to construct a modern, flexible SDI installation.
Advanced SDI and analogue component measurements using the Tektronix VM700

Practical session 2

Hands-on work with SDI installation

Course Code: 01BRT051 BBC Training & Development 2005

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Day 5 Practical session 3

Working with embedded audio plus using the Tektronix SDA601 SDI analyser tool

Practical session 4 Course Review

Hands-on work with SDI installation Configuring the timing at a digital vision mixer Hands-on work with SDI installation

Course Code: 01BRT051 BBC Training & Development 2005

Tel: +44 (0) 870 122 0216 www.bbctraining.com