Proposal of a System Architecture for Digital Film Archives Using JPEG 2000 and MXF

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE Mot. Imag. J
Volume: 117, No. 5, pp. 42–48
Abstract: Moving image film archives can store their original films in their original image and sound quality for hundreds of years without decay, provided the temperature and humidity is controlled. However, film is inconvenient as a universal access medium and expected to be replaced even in the cinema, whereas digital versions are widely and increasingly accepted. This article introduces the concept of a digital film archive system that uses JPEG 2000 together with the Material eXchange Format (MXF). A highly scalable two-tier architecture provides a platform for long-term preservation of digital movie data in the highest possible quality and for automated access and dissemination of the stored material. All these technologies are based on open standards and therefore provide a strong foundation for this concept in which future accessibility is one of the main concerns. The different and highly customizable parameters of the two encoding and storage tiers make it possible to store the digital film images together with audio and metadata in their full original quality and to simultaneously allow for easy and automated access. The stored content can be automatically converted to all currently used professional and consumer formats for dissemination, such as digital cinema playback systems (DCPS), other projectable cinema packages, Blu-ray disks, internet streaming, etc. The concept addresses non-commercial archives, as well as commercial organizations and studios.
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
DOI: 10.5594/J15086
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279 | Electronic: 2160-2492
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J15086
Author(s): A. NowakProject manager for digital film archives at Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, Germany.
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Arne Nowak is project manager for digital film archives at Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, Germany. He received a degree in electrical engineering from Ilmenau Technical University and started his professional career in 2002 with research and development work in the field of digital TV production systems including file-based production and realtime graphics. Nowak joined Fraunhofer IIS in 2006 to work on digital film archive systems. Since then, he has been responsible for the development of the archive system's architecture for which he led the user requirements analysis and coordinated the software implementation and testing. Nowak has also contributed to projects on digital post-production workflows, image compression, and image processing. He is a member of the Fernseh-und Kinotechnische Gesellschaft (FKTG) in Germany, and the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA).
S. FosselHead of the digital cinema group at Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, Germany, where he began his professional career as an engineer.
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Siegfried Föβel is head of the digital cinema group at Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, Germany, where he began his professional career as an engineer. From 1994 to 2001, he was responsible first for the business fields process automation and image processing systems, later for industrial sensor systems. In 2000, he received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Erlangen. Since 2001, Föβel has been project manager and coordinator for all digital cinema projects at Fraunhofer IIS, including the development of new high-resolution cameras such as the ARRI D20, standardization activities of new data compression algorithms for digital cinema, development of new storage devices, and the definition of enhanced workflows. In 2001, Föβel became a member of the ISO JPEG group, where he chairs the adhoc group for digital cinema and motion JPEG 2000. He is a member of SMPTE, FKTG, Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN), and the European Digital Cinema Forum (EDCF).
Copyright: © 2008 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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