SMPTE 356M is a

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specification for a professional video format, it is composed of

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composed of only I-frames and using 4:2:2 chroma subsampling. 8 channel

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audio streams are also included. These AES3 audio usually contain 24 bit PCM audio samples. SMPTE 356M requires up to of

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. This format is described in the document SMPTE 356M-2001, "Type D-10 Stream Specifications — MPEG-2 4:2:2P @ ML for 525/60 and 625/50". The technology specified in SMPTE 356M is also known as D10 or D-10 and also called

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by Sony.

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