Producers Technical Specs | SDPB
South Dakota Public Broadcasting Technical Specifications For Independent Media Producers
Acceptable File Delivery Formats:
OPTION 1: High Quality – XDCAM .MXF
· VIDEO
o Format: MXF OP1a
o Video Codec: XDCAM 50 NTSC (4:2:2)
o Width and Height: 1920 x 1080
o Interlaced: Yes
o Frame Rate: 29.97
o Field Order: Upper First
o Aspect: Square Pixels (1.0)
· AUDIO
o Audio Codec: Uncompressed
o Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
o Channels: 2 channel
o Sample Size: 24 bit
· CAPTIONING
o Preferred embedded as 608 AND 708.
o Separate .SCC file is acceptable, if embedding captioning is not possible.
OPTION 2: High Quality – ProRes .MOV
· VIDEO
o Format: ProRes 422
o Video Codec: Apple ProRes (4:2:2)
o Width and Height: 1920 x 1080
o Frame Rate: 29.97
o Interlaced: Yes
o Field Order: Upper First
o Aspect: Square Pixels (1.0)
· AUDIO
o Audio Codec: Uncompressed
o Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
o Channels: 2 channel
o Sample Size: 24 bit
· CAPTIONING
o Preferred embedded as 608 AND 708.
o Separate .SCC file is acceptable if embedding captioning is not possible.
OPTION 3: Medium Quality
· Other codec MXF OP1a (.mxf)
· Other codec QuickTime (.mov)
· H264 (.mp4)
· MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 (.mpg)