Section Officials
Chair
David Siegler
Turner Studios
404-885-0314
[email protected]
Secretary/Treasurer
Zandra Clarke
Turner Networks
[email protected]
Membership Chair
T.J. Scott
Thomson Multimedia
770-338-4273
[email protected]
Program Chair
Ron Caird
Miranda
770-578-0096
[email protected]
Managers
Sterling Davis �04
Cox Broadcasting
404-843-5230
[email protected]
Earl Higgins �04
AVID Broadcast
770-889-4591
[email protected]
Roger Hatcher �05
Georgia Technology Authority
404-656-2919
[email protected]
Ron Caird �05
Miranda
770-578-0096
[email protected]
Jim Edwards �05
Tektronix
[email protected]
Webmaster
Andy Funk
FOX5 News, WAGA-TV
404-898-0116
[email protected]
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Last Updated: 12 November 2025
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Next Meeting:
Monday, November 8, 2025
Spiced Right BBQ at 6:30 PM
Program Starts at 7:30 PM
Hosted By:
Siemens Business Systems Media
(Formerly BBC Technology)
10 Tenth St.
Suite 1050
Atlanta, GA
Topic:
AAF Update /
Case Study for Implementing the Advanced Authoring Format (AAF)
Ed McDermid
Head of North American Marketing
Siemens Business Systems Media
THE
challenge for manufacturers or M&E companies with in house software teams
implementing AAF can be
daunting. AAF is a rich and extensible format for wrapping metadata and
media essence for file based production, and AAF is capable of representing
highly complex descriptions of abstract or non-linear edits. Implementing
AAF typically requires mapping of one composition metadata architecture to
another fundamentally different composition architecture. This presentation
shows how to map between AAF and XTL, the composition format for Windows
Media 9 Series (WM9S). Siemens Business Services Media (formerly BBC
Technology) working closely with Microsoft's Window Media group, has
developed an AAF plug-in for WM9S that
allows contents of AAF files to be viewed using the Windows Media Player.
The plug-in also enables software developers to rapidly create more complex
applications leveraging Microsoft's Direct Show platform. This case study
for mapping AAF to XTL illustrates a relatively thorough example of what is
required to implement AAF, and how AAF can be used to create new and
innovative tools and products.
ED McDermid, Head of North American Marketing for Siemens Business Systems Media, will provide an update on AAF mapping of Microsoft XTL format for integration with Windows Media.
Directions:
FROM I-75/85 NORTH or SOUTH
Exit at 10th/14th St. Exit.
Turn East on 10th St.
10 Tenth St is on the northeast corner of 10th and West Peachtree St.
Parking is in the garage at first right turn off West Peachtree St.
PLEASE POST
Invite your Friends And Colleagues
"IT Developments for Broadcasters" Seminar:
A
SEMINAR on "IT Developments for Broadcasters" will be held in Atlanta on
December 15th. This all-day seminar is presented as a collaborative
effort by Miranda, Omneon Video
Networks, Sundance Digital and Tandberg Television. Topics to be covered
include: IT Networking Basics, Network Security Issues and Strategies,
Storage Network Concepts, Emerging Compression Formats, File Exchange
Technologies, Monitoring Strategies Using IP, Collaboritive Production
Enhanced by IT Enabled Infrastructure.
The cost of the seminar is $75 dollars. For more information, visit
http://www.miranda.com/itdbe/index.html
Program Suggestions:
Is there a topic that you would like us to cover or want to present? Do you have new equipment or a facility you would like to show off?
We are always looking for hosts and presenters for our meetings.
Please contact:
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Ron Caird Section Program Chair 770-578-0096 [email protected] |
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And now there's another list that may be of interest � AtlTech � created for those in the Atlanta area interested in broadcast, television and motion picture engineering. It is a "place" online where SMPTE members interested in the SBE can learn of what they're doing, and where SBE members can learn of SMPTE activities, etc. You can subscribe, unsubscribe, and change your list options �yourself� on the list Info Page, or view past list message kept in the list Archive.
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