Introduction

Purpose

Welcome to the Volicon Media Intelligence Platform (MIP) User Guide 8.0. This document will provide the details and instructions necessary to guide you through MIP operation. It addresses specific MIP functions, including the use of bookmark media clips; proving FCC compliance, advertisement verification and general media management.

Definitions and Acronyms

8VSB

8-level vestigial sideband modulation - used for ATSC over the air broadcast

AC3

Dolby Digital Audio Codec 3 - compression used by ATSC

AFD

Active Format Description - metadata describing format i.e. 4:3 or 16:9

ARL

As Run Logs - use customer extracted program schedules

ASI

Asynchronous Serial Interface - used to carry MPEG-TS

ATSC

Advanced Television System Committee – set of standards for US digital television

Bookmark

Short program segments marked on the MIP server to facilitate auditing and sharing

CALM Act

Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation – FCC requirement for audio loudness

CEM

Content Export Module – optional software package to export program clips to social media sites.

Clear QAM

Clear Quadrature Amplitude Modulation – non encrypted Cable video distribution

CC/TT

Closed Captioning/ SMPTE Timed Text - Protocols used to add text description of the audio

Component video

Analog video with separate Red, Green, Blue channels using three RCA connections

Composite video

Analog video over a single RCA connection

Dialnorm

AC3 metadata used to control playback gain

DPI

Digital Program Insertion – Metadata that allows downstream insertion of commercial or short programs.

DVB

Digital Video Broadcasting - international suite of digital television standards

Encoder

MIP module that receives and processes media signals

Fault Clips

Portions of audio or video stream that fails to meet MIP quality thresholds

SD/HD-SDI

Uncompressed standard or high definition video serial data interface

GPI

General Purpose Interface Metadata - used for broadcast automation

HDMI

High Definition Multimedia Interface – digital interface used to transport audio and video short distances

Metadata

Additional information carried by the program used to describe program details

MPEG

Motion Picture Expert Group - international organization that sets audio and video compression and transmission standards

MPEG-TS

MPEG Transport Stream - a standard container for audio, video and Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP)

Multiview

MIP feature that allows you to configure multiple channels and monitoring widgets into a single display screen

NAVE

Nielsen audio video encoder – psychoacoustic symbols inserted in programs to facilitate automatic viewer tracking

NTP

Network Time Protocol – Internet standard used to synchronize computer real time clocks.

IP

Internet Protocol – the method used to send data from one computer to another

Probe

Ingest server housing one or more encoders

PSIP

Program and System Information Protocol – method used to transport program metadata such as: sub channels, program guide, and content ratings.

S-Video

Separate Video – Variation of composite video that separates luminance (black and white) from chrominance (color) to enhance video quality

Services

A/V program content with the associated metadata

SMPTE

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers – creates numerous technical standards

Storyboard

Sequence of video frames to assist visualization

W3C

World Wide Web Consortium - sets standards to advance use of the world wide web

XDS

Extended Data Services – analog NTSC metadata