Northwest Television
Serving the Mid-Willamette Valley

Northwest Television © 2013

Program & commercial file format specifications


Video

MPEG2

29.97 fps

720x480 Anamorphic 16x9

(may be 720x512 with CC)

Interlace

9 min to 15 max mbps

CBR

Transport stream file

4-2-2 Color

IPPPPPP frames (to assure good timing of in/out points)


NOTE- Prefer all commercial to be center cut compatible for some legacy cable systems


Audio

16 bit 48KHz, 224kbps Minimum

PROGRAMS –

12dB peak audio

Commercials (all short form)

-15dB peak audio


LENGTH OF COMMERCIALS

Min 5 frames shorter than specified length i.e.

30 sec = 29 sec: 25 frames

28:30 = 28 min 29 sec: 25 frames


Cue sheets for Programs

Time in min sec from beginning of file to each commercial avail.

Length of black holes for local insertion


Graphics for Production

At LEAST 720x480 prefer 1920 by 1080

Should have alpha channel

RGB color