RP 186:2008 - SMPTE Recommended Practice - Video Index Information Coding for 525- and 625-Line Television Systems

This Recommended Practice is intended to provide a method of coding the Video Index Information data structure in 525-line and 625-line component digital video signals so that various picture and program related source data can be carried in conjunction with a video signal. Specific details of transporting the data structure through various video interconnection systems are not included in this document. These may be found in SMPTE 125M. — The specifications of Active Format Description (AFD) and Pan and Scan data in this Recommended Practice have been superseded by SMPTE 2016-1 through SMPTE 2016-4. Designers and users are urged to consult these documents. The information conveyed in the AFD and Pan and Scan sections of this document can be accurately represented by the mechanisms defined in the SMPTE 2016 suite; however the converse is not necessarily the case. Use of this Recommended Practice to convey AFD and Pan and Scan data is deprecated.