TC 100 STRUCTURE TA 4

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Last Updated: 2006-04-30

TA 4
MT 60958-1	MT 6095 8-3
MT 61937 -1	MT 61937 -2	MT 61937 -5
MT 61937-6	PT 61937-8	PT 61937-9
MT 61883-6	PT 61883-8
	PT 62394	PT 62379
PT 62436

TC 100		GMT
TA 1	TA 2	TA 3 (disbanded)
TA 4	TA 5	TA 6
TA 7	TA 8

TA 4

Title
Digital system interfaces and protocols

Scope
To prepare standards for digital audio, television, video and audiovisual source signal encoding, digital analog decoding, and related control signals including methods of measurement and measuring devices for consumer and professional applications (but excluding recording as covered already by TA 6 and TA 7):

Standardization on protocols for electrical (interface) matching.
Requirements for electrical characteristics such as sample rate, bandwidth, quantization, format, code, synchronization, clock.
Standard measuring methods of parameters such as levels, distortion, noise, audible effects caused by system errors.

Members

Technical Area Manager	Mr E. Barrett	US
Technical Secretary	Mr. J. Lee	KR
Project leader	Mr J. Yoshio	JP	MT 60958-1
	Mr J. Yoshio	JP	MT 60958-3
	Mr. P Manes	US	MT 61937-5
	Mr. N. Ejima	JP	MT 61937-6
	Mr. D. Harwood	UK	PT 61937-8
	Mr J. Fujimori	JP	MT 61883-6
	Mr N. Minami	JP	PT 62394
	Mr J. Grant	UK	PT 62379
Liaison representative	Mr J. Grant Mr W. Pattay	IEC/TC 1 IEC/SC 3C IEC/SC 48B ISO/TC 184/SC 5 JTC 1/SC 25 JTC 1/SC 25/WG 4	internal
	Mr M.Yonge Mr J. Yoshio Mr Odijk Mr M. Hyman Mr J. Fujimori	AES DVD-FORUM/WG 4 HAVi Association SMPTE 1394TA	Cat. D

Web site
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MT 60958-1 Ed.3.0

Title
Digital audio interface Part 1: General

Scope
To update IEC 60958: Digital audio interface Part 1: 2004 - General based on 100/1xxx/DC

Members

Project Leader	Mr J. Yoshio	JP
Expert	Mr. N. Ejima	JP
	Mr. G Ichimura	JP
	Mr. S. Kageyama	JP
	Mr. A. Kawamura	JP
	Mr P. Maness	US
	Mr M. Ward	US


Liaison representative	Mr M.Yonge	AES	Cat. D

Current Stage
AMW 100/1071/MCR Target date for CD: 2006-05

Web site
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MT 60958-3 Ed.3.0

Title
Digital audio interface - Part 3: Consumer applications

Scope
To update IEC 60958: Digital audio interface - Part 3: Consumer applications 2003 based on 100/711/DC

Members

Project Leader	Mr J. Yoshio	JP
Expert	Ms J. Baronas	US
	Mr E. Barrett	US
	Mr J. Card	US
	Mr. N. Ejima	JP
	Mr. S. Harris	UK
	Mr. G Ichimura	JP
	Mr. S. Kageyama	JP
	Mr. A. Kawamura	JP
	Mr P. Maness	US
	Mr J. Meehan	US
	Mr B. van Steenbrugge	NL
	Mr M.Yonge	UK
Liaison representative	Mr M.Yonge	AES	Cat. D

Current Stage
APUB 100/1070/RVC (Waiting for IS: 2006-04)

Web site
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MT 60958-4 Ed.3.0

Title
Digital audio interface - Part 4: Professional applications

Scope
To update IEC 60958: Digital audio interface - Part 4: Professional applications 2003 based on 100/1045/DC

Members

Project Leader	Mr F. Chilinski	DE
Expert




Liaison representative	Mr M.Yonge	AES	Cat. D

Current Stage
AMW 100/1089/MCR Target date for CD: 2006-07

Web site
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MT 61937-1 Ed.2.0

Title
Digital audio - Interface for non-linear PCM encoded audio bitstreams applying IEC 60958 - Part 1: General

Scope
To modify standard IEC 61937-1: 2003, Ed. 1.0
Digital audio – Interface for non-linear PCM encoded audio bitstreams applying IEC 60958 Part 1: General based on the proposals in 100/1008/DC

Member

Project Leader	Mr G. Ichimura	JP
Expert	Mr E. Barrett	US
	Mr N. Ejima	JP
	Mr S. Kageyama	JP
	Mr A. Kawamura	JP
	Mr P. Maness	US
	Mr M. Ward	US
	Mr J. Yoshio	JP



Liaison representative

Current Stage
AMW 100/1047/MCR Target date for CDV: 2006-01

Web sit

MT 61937-2 Ed.2.0

Title
Digital audio – Interface for non-linear PCM encoded audio bitstreams applying IEC 60958 - Part 2: Burst-info

Scope
To revise standard IEC 61937-2: Ed. 1.0
Digital audio – Interface for non-linear PCM encoded audio bitstreams applying IEC 60958 Part 2: Burst-info based on the proposals in 100/969/DC

Member

Project Leader	Mr N. Ejima	JP
Expert	Mr E. Barrett	US
	Mr G. Ichimura	JP
	Mr S. Kageyama	JP
	Mr A. Kawamura	JP
	Mr P. Maness	US
	Mr M. Ward	US
	Mr J. Yoshio	JP

Liaison representative	Mr M. Yonge	AES

Current Stage
AMW 100/1022/MCR Target date for CDV: 2006-01

Web sit

MT 61937-5

Title
Digital audio - Interface for non-linear PCM encoded audio bitstreams applying IEC 60958 - Part 5: Non-linear PCM bitstreams according to the DTS (Digital Theater Systems) format(s)

Scope
To modify standard IEC 61937-5: 2002, Ed. 1.0
Digital audio – Interface for non-linear PCM encoded audio bitstreams applying IEC 60958 Part 5: Non-linear PCM bitstreams according to the DTS (Digital Theater Systems) format(s) based on the proposals in 100/937/DC

Member

Project Leader	Mr. P Maness	US
Expert	Mr. N Ejima	JP
	Mr. G Ichimura	JP
	Mr. S Kageyama	JP
	Mr. A Kawamura	JP
	Mr. J Yoshio	JP


Liaison representative

Current Stage
PUB 100/1055/RVC (IS published 2006-01-26)

Web site

MT 61937-6 Ed.2.0

Title
Digital audio - Interface for non-linear PCM encoded audio bitstreams applying IEC 60958 - Part 6: Non-linear PCM bitstreams according to the MPEG2 AAC audio formats

Scope
To modify standard IEC 61937-6: 2002, Ed. 1.0
Digital audio – Interface for non-linear PCM encoded audio bitstreams applying IEC 60958 Part 6: Non-linear PCM bitstreams according to the MPEG2 AAC audio formats based on the proposals in 100/712/DC

Member

Project Leader	Mr. N. Ejima	JP
Expert	Ms J. Baronas	US
	Mr E. Barrett	US
	Mr J. Card	US
	Mr. S. Kageyama	JP
	Mr. A. Kawamura	JP
	Mr J. Meehan	US
	Mr J. Yoshio	JP
Liaison representative

Current Stage
PUB 100/1043A/RVC (IS published 2006-01-25)

Web site

PT 61937-8

Title
Digital audio - Interface for non-linear PCM encoded audio bitstreams applying IEC 60958 - Part 8: Non-linear PCM bitstreams according to the Windows Media Audio Professional

Scope
To draft a standard specifying the method for the digital audio interface specified in IEC 60958 to convey non-linear PCM bitstreams encoded in accordance with the Windows Media Audio Professional format.

Member

Project Leader	Mr. D. Harwood	UK
Expert	Ms J. Baronas	US
	Mr J. Yoshio	JP
	Mr S. Kageyama	JP
	Mr A. Kawamura	JP
	Mr. N. Ejima	JP
Liaison representative

Current Stage
CCDV 100/1018A/CDV (Closing date: 2006-02-17)

Web site

PT 61937-9 (to be established)

Title
Digital audio - Interface for non-linear PCM encoded audio bitstreams applying IEC 60958 - Part 9: Non-linear PCM bitstreams according to the MAT format

Scope
To draft a standard specifying the method for the digital audio interface specified in IEC 60958 to convey non-linear PCM bitstreams encoded in accordance with Dolby's lossless audio technologies

Member

Nominated Project Leader	Mr M. Ward
Expert




Liaison representative

Current Stage
NWP 100/1074/NP (Closing date: 2006-06-30)

Web site

MT 61883-6 Ed.2.0

Title
Consumer audio/video equipment - Digital interface - Part 6: Audio and music protocol

Scope
To modify IEC 61883-6 based on 100/547/MCR.

Members

Project Leader	Mr J. Fujimori	JP
Expert	Ms J. Baronas	US
	Mr N. Ejima	JP
	Mr M. Furukawa	JP
	Mr S. Kageyama	JP
	Mr B. van Steenbrugge	NL
	Mr J. Yoshio	JP
Liaison representative

Current Stage
PPUB 100/1024/RVD (IS published 2005-10-28)

Web site
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PT 61883-8

Title
Consumer audio/video equipment - Digital interface - Part 8: Transmission of ITU-R BT.601 style Digital Video Data

Scope
To draft a standard specifying a protocol for the transport of uncompressed or compressed video data in the 4:2:2 format of recommendation ITU-R BT.601 (including compatible extensions to this format for the higher and lower resolutions of other
commonly used video resolutions) over IEEE1394 High Performance Serial Bus

Members

Nominated Project Leader	Mr D Harwood	UK
Expert	Mr J. Fujimori	JP
	Mr P. Treleaven	UK
	Mr J. Yoshio	JP



Liaison representative

Current Stage
ANW 100/1063/RVN Target date for CD: 2006-06

Web site
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PT 62394

Title
Service Diagnostic Interface for ECHONET

Scope
To draft a standard specifying the methods of SDI for mainly white goods based on 100/632/NP
Concept is as same as IEC 62286.

Member

Project Leader	Mr N. Minami	JP
Expert	Mr E. Barrett	US
	Mr A. "AL" Atsuta	UK

Liaison representative		ECHONET	Cat. D (to be requested)

Current Stage
CDIS 100/1077/RVC (Closing date: 2006-06-02)

Web site

PT 62379 series

Title
Common Control Interface for digital audio and video products
Part 1: General
Part 2: Audio
Part 3: Video
Part 4: Data
Part 5-1: Transmission over Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks
Part 6-1: Packet Transfer Service over asynchronous serial links
Part 7-1: Broadcast transmitters: General
Part 7-2: Broadcast transmitters: DVB-T
Part 7-3: Broadcast transmitters: DAB
Part 7-4: Broadcast transmitters: FM
Part 7-5: Broadcast transmitters: DRM

Scope
To draft a standard specifying a common control interface for ATM audio and video products and would extend the ATM signalling and management sections of the AES47-2002 (see 100/601/NP) standard providing additional functionality required in live broadcasting environments.

Member

Project Leader	Mr J. Grant	UK
Expert	Mr J. Card	US
	Mr C. Chambers	UK
	Mr A Metz	DE
	Mr P. Treleaven	UK
	Mr J. Yoshio	JP
	Mr T. Woo	US
Liaison representative	Mr M.Yonge	AES	Cat. D

Current Stage
Part 1: 1CD 100/1080/CD (Closing date: 2006-06-30)
Part 2: ANW   Target date for CD: 2006-03
Part 3: ANW   Target date for CD: 2006-06
Part 4: ANW   Target date for CD: 2006-06
Part 5-1: ANW   Target date for CD: 2006-03
Part 6-1: ANW   Target date for CD: 2006-06
Part 7-1: ANW   Target date for CD: 2006-03
Part 7-2: ANW   Target date for CD: 2006-03
Part 7-3: ANW   Target date for CD: 2006-03
Part 7-4: ANW   Target date for CD: 2006-03
Part 7-5: ANW   Target date for CD: 2006-03

Web site
http://www.iec62379.org/

PT 62436 TS

Title
Guideline for implementation of copy controlled multimedia interface

Scope
To draft a technical specification specifying guidelines for implementation of plural copy control information that is defined by IEC standards.

Member

Project Leader	Mr J. Yoshio	JP
Expert	Dr Y. Kim	KR
	Mr P. Maness	US
	Mr D. Harwood	UK



Liaison representative

Current Stage
ANW 100/997/RVN Target date for DTS: 2006-03

Web site