SMPTE director of standards and engineering, Peter Symes, wrapped HPA’s Thursday afternoon program with a look at the work of the SMPTE/EBU Task Force on Synchronization and Timing.

Work includes development of what Symes calls a Time Related Label, or TRL. He explained: ”Time code has done a remarkably good job, but it is still a crude system.” He added that the team would like the TRL to includes features such as support for multiple camera rates and the ability to handle over and undercrank. He added that the label needs to interoperate with the legacy world, but should not be constrained by it.

He urged participation on the Task Force.