SMPTE ST 12
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SMPTE ST 12 is a widely used SMPTE standard that defines timecode formats for synchronizing audio, video, and other media in film and television production.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SMPTE ST 12 canonical | 2 |
| SMPTE 12M | 1 |
| SMPTE TC | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1938082 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SMPTE ST 12 Context triple: [Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, notableStandard, SMPTE ST 12]
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A.
SMPTE ST 2067
SMPTE ST 2067, also known as the Interoperable Master Format (IMF), is a standardized framework for file-based digital cinema and television mastering that enables efficient versioning, distribution, and archiving of audiovisual content.
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B.
SMPTE ST 2022
SMPTE ST 2022 is a family of standards from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers that defines the transport of professional audio, video, and ancillary data over IP networks, including methods for encapsulation, error correction, and redundancy.
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C.
SMPTE ST 2059
SMPTE ST 2059 is a professional media industry standard that defines how to use IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol to synchronize clocks and signals across IP-based audio, video, and broadcast systems.
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D.
SMPTE ST 2110
SMPTE ST 2110 is a suite of standards that defines the transport of professional media (video, audio, and ancillary data) over IP networks in real-time production environments.
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E.
SMPTE ST 2084
SMPTE ST 2084 is a high-dynamic-range (HDR) electro‑optical transfer function standard, also known as Perceptual Quantizer (PQ), widely used in modern HDR video systems such as HDR10 and Dolby Vision.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SMPTE ST 12 Target entity description: SMPTE ST 12 is a widely used SMPTE standard that defines timecode formats for synchronizing audio, video, and other media in film and television production.
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A.
SMPTE ST 2067
SMPTE ST 2067, also known as the Interoperable Master Format (IMF), is a standardized framework for file-based digital cinema and television mastering that enables efficient versioning, distribution, and archiving of audiovisual content.
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B.
SMPTE ST 2022
SMPTE ST 2022 is a family of standards from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers that defines the transport of professional audio, video, and ancillary data over IP networks, including methods for encapsulation, error correction, and redundancy.
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C.
SMPTE ST 2059
SMPTE ST 2059 is a professional media industry standard that defines how to use IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol to synchronize clocks and signals across IP-based audio, video, and broadcast systems.
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D.
SMPTE ST 2110
SMPTE ST 2110 is a suite of standards that defines the transport of professional media (video, audio, and ancillary data) over IP networks in real-time production environments.
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E.
SMPTE ST 2084
SMPTE ST 2084 is a high-dynamic-range (HDR) electro‑optical transfer function standard, also known as Perceptual Quantizer (PQ), widely used in modern HDR video systems such as HDR10 and Dolby Vision.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SMPTE standard
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technical standard ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
digital media production
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film production ⓘ television production ⓘ |
| benefit |
consistent timing reference across production and post-production
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interoperability between equipment from different manufacturers ⓘ reliable media synchronization in complex workflows ⓘ |
| defines |
timecode encoding
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timecode formats ⓘ timecode representation ⓘ timecode transmission ⓘ |
| domain | professional media technology ⓘ |
| field |
audio-visual synchronization
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timecode ⓘ |
| publishedBy | Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers ⓘ |
| purpose |
interchange of timecode between devices
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synchronization of audio and video ⓘ synchronization of picture and sound elements ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
SMPTE timecode
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broadcast engineering ⓘ video engineering ⓘ |
| scope | synchronization of audio, video, and ancillary data ⓘ |
| standardizes |
timecode drop-frame and non-drop-frame conventions
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timecode frame numbering ⓘ timecode transmission over professional interfaces ⓘ timecode user bits ⓘ |
| usedFor |
broadcast operations
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editing systems ⓘ live production ⓘ media asset management ⓘ post-production workflows ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SMPTE ST 12 Description of subject: SMPTE ST 12 is a widely used SMPTE standard that defines timecode formats for synchronizing audio, video, and other media in film and television production.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.