2/ A quiz for CTO

Question 1

SMPTE is standardising technology for the moving image industry. One of the latest addition is...

RDD-70 Olfactory data transport in MXF: you can wrap a smell and play it in the cinema theatre

TC-10E DG Coding of tactile Essence: when your butt vibrates, you want to ensure it is done the proper way

35PM69 ATAWADAC (Any Time, AnyWhere, Any Device, Any Content) Adult Content Player: a universal open source player for porn content

Question 2

The FAME is an independent body in Europe covering topics like Ultra High Definition (UHD) and Virtual Reality (VR). Prior to that, FAME was a song: "Fame, I'm gonna live forever, I'm gonna learn how to fly...". Who sang that song?

Irène Cara

Cher

Whitney Houston

Question 3

MXF was designed to eradicate videotapes.Today many MXF files end-up on a datatape because...

You found a Digital Betacam tape deck that can read LTO

A datatape is safe for tens of years. You stick it on the shelf for the next generation

Many archive systems also use datatapes. And it is so cool to show you have a BIG tape robot (although they are getting smaller and smaller)

Question 4

The EBU (European Broadcasters' Union) runs a service that broadcast content to its members called...

The Eurovision

The Eurosceptic

The EuroStars

Question 5

You've just bought 1000s of episodes to play on your OTT service "Coronation Blvd". You now have IMX files but your QC department tells you the Timecode is wrong. What to do?

You rush to the engineering dept, start screaming and purchase more transcoding servers to process the files

You know it is time to enforce a master delivery format like ARD ZDF, AS-10 or DPP

You call your preferred service provider in the hope they can turn it around overnight using their Cloud service. Thankfully there is an under-used nuclear power plan to produce enough power for the datacenter

Question 6

The Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) is behind file exchange formats like AS-02 (using in IMF), AS-10 (used by ARD ZDF and in France) and AS-11 (used by DPP). When you pronounce it like a word ("Am-wah"), it sounds in French like...

"A moi!" when someone needs urgent help (burglery, downing, etc.)

"Plus jamais ça" when someone never wants to see this again

"Oui, encore" when you want some more

Question 7

In his SMPTE UK talk, Bruce Devlin's bio refered to: "He’s very grateful for all the awards that he’s won and very sorry for any pain that XXX has caused you."

XXX is Australian Rugby World Cup victory

XXX is MXF

XXX for the latest cycle ride for Charity he organised

Question 8

Who said: “Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.”

Mark Zuckerberg

Donald Trump

Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back

Question 9

When you are watching an 8K screen, NHK's recommends a viewing distance of...

Half the screen height

Twice the screen height