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BS EN 60958-4-2:2016

Current

Current

The latest, up-to-date edition.

Digital audio interface Professional applications. Metadata and subcode

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-08-2016

£232.00
Excluding VAT
Summarise this standard

FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations
4 User data format
5 Channel status format
6 Auxiliary bits
Annex A (informative) - Channel modes
Annex B (informative) - Provision of additional, voice-quality
        channels
Annex C (informative) - Generation of CRCC (byte 23) for
        channel status
Bibliography
Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to
         international publications with their
         corresponding European publications

Defines the format for coding metadata, or subcode, that relates to the audio content and is carried with it.

Committee
EPL/100
DevelopmentNote
Together with BS EN 60958-4-1 and BS EN 60958-4-4, it supersedes BS EN 60958-4. Supersedes 15/30301716 DC. (09/2016)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
30
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

This part of IEC 60958 specifies the format for coding metadata, or subcode, that relates to the audio content and is carried with it. This part of IEC 60958, together with IEC 60958-1, IEC 60958-4-1, and IEC 60958-4-4, specifies an interface for serial digital transmission of two channels of periodically sampled and linearly represented digital audio data from one transmitter to one receiver.

Standards Relationship
CLC/TR 62541-2:2010 Identical
EN 60958-4-2:2016 Identical
IEC 60958-4-2:2016 Identical
ERROR Identical
I.S. EN 60958-4-2:2016 Equivalent
UNE-EN 60958-4-2:2016 Equivalent

£232.00
Excluding VAT