ARC130S SECTION
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ARC130S 060801 Version 1 Issue 1
6.3
14L12N
14: 9 letterbox for 12:9 (4:3) display.
The standard letter-boxed conversion to 4:3 format for Widescreen originated programs.
21L16
21:9 letterbox made for 16:9 display.
Full
21:9 Cinemascope image as a letterbox in 16: 9 Widescreen TX format. No extra
protection specified.
14P16B
14:9 pillar-boxed image for 16:9 display. 14:9 protected.
14:9 Pillarbox within a 16:9 display raster. Typically this would be 4:3 archive material
converted to Widescreen such that when reconverted on play-out to 14:9 Letterbox (14L12)
for 12:9 (4:3) PAL TX, only the black edges are lost.
15F15B
15:9 full raster images shot protecting a 14:9 area.
These originate from graded telecine transfers of the entire Super 16 film frame where
conversion to more than one final format is required.
21F21
21:9 full raster images.
These are normally graded telecine transfers from the entire Cinemascope film frame where
conversion to more than one final format is required. Pictures with “Very tall thin people”.
Changes from ver. 2.1:
4 or 04 removed as an option for 4:3. Addition of aspect code 99.
Addition of display format type A
Addition of extra examples and figures.
Changes from ver. 3.0
:
Addition of protection code
D
End of document
Source of Document:
Aspect Ratio Technical Codes for Video and Picture Sources. Proposal 3.1
Bill Bulford BBC PP&GD R&D 7/09/98 wcode31.doc
21L16
21F21
14P16B
15F15B
