SMPTE 2059 is a standard from the

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) (, rarely ), founded in 1916 as the Society of Motion Picture Engineers or SMPE, is a global professional association of engineers, technologists, and executives working in the m ...

(SMPTE) that describes how to synchronize video equipment over an IP network. The standard is based on

IEEE 1588-2008 The Precision Time Protocol (PTP) is a protocol used to synchronize clocks throughout a computer network. On a local area network, it achieves clock accuracy in the sub-microsecond range, making it suitable for measurement and control systems. ...

. SMPTE 2059 is published in two parts on 9 April 2015: *SMPTE 2059-1Defines signal generation based on time information delivered by the IEEE 1588 protocol. *SMPTE 2059-2Defines an operating profile for the IEEE protocol optimized to the needs of media synchronization. SMPTE 2059 is an integral part of emerging professional IP video broadcast technology and standards. In May 2016, the

Audio Engineering Society The Audio Engineering Society (AES) is a professional body for engineers, scientists, other individuals with an interest or involvement in the professional audio industry. The membership largely comprises engineers developing devices or products ...

published a report describing synchronization interoperability between AES67 and SMPTE 2059-2.

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