EDCINE
EDCINE | |
Titre : | Enhanced digital cinema |
Budget : | 17 425 k€ |
Subventions : | FP6-IST (9 384 k€) |
Sous-programme : | IST-2005-2.41.6 |
Type de contrat : | Integrated Project |
Début : | 1er juillet 2006 |
Fin : | 30 juin 2009 |
Site officiel : | http://www.edcine.org/ |
EDCINE est l'acronyme du projet européen Enhanced digital cinema, qui a pour référence sur le service CORDIS 038454[1].
Note : Les objectifs suivants sont repris de la fiche du projet sur Cordis
- Objective
EDCINE focuses on the optimisation; enhancement and interoperability issues of Digital Cinema based future standards. JPEG-2000 compression and the "DCI specifications" document are the cornerstones of the project's efforts.
The "DCI specifications" document published in July 05 confirms the SMPTE decision to choose JPEG 2000 instead of MPEG for digital cinema coding doesn't take into account many European issues. The MXF file format and security tools specifications are being adopted following the DCI studios' wishes. They lead to large files because of the lower compression rate but allow larger colour space, better resolution and bit-streams adaptable in quality and resolution. To continue to be able to project digital content, cinemas will have to comply with those requirements within a few years.
EDCINE will push the limits of the SMPTE specifications by including quality optimisation, robustness to transmission errors, content security tools, stereoscopic imaging, interactive access, forensic marking and metadata for indexing and retrieval. The project will also supply interoperability with equipments using transcoding to/from MPEG and insure end-to-end security from production to projection and to the others content distribution markets (e.g. television, mobile devices, internet). Networked access to cinema archives allows users optimised access of video data for retrieval and downloading.
EDCINE will demonstrate that interoperable solutions between the DCI requirements and the European digital cinema needs may be found. EDCINE developments will be actively pushed at the SMPTE, JPEG and EBU standard bodies where the partners are already active, directly or through the European Digital Cinema Forum (EDCF).
The EDCINE project will do more than putting Europe at the forefront of the race to standardise the world's digital cinema, it will also push the whole European D-Cinema industry to the front line with solutions compliant with Europe's needs.Les partenaires du projet
Coordinateur du projet
- Université catholique de Louvain (depuis 1968) - Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgique)
Partenaires
- Communauté urbaine du Grand Nancy - Nancy (Lorraine, France)
- TDF - Paris (Île-de-France, France)
- Thales communications SA - Colombes (Île-de-France, France)
- Thomson R & D France SNC - Boulogne-Billancourt (Île-de-France, France)
- Deutsche Telekom AG - Bonn (Allemagne)
- Fraunhofer IAF - Münich (Allemagne)
- Digilab 2000 S.R.L. - Foligno (Italie)
- XDC S.A. - Seraing (Belgique)
- Media, objects and gadgets - Solucoes de software e hardware S.A. - Amaiur (Portugal)
- Wi networks LTD - Herzliya (Israël)
- Université de Pérouse - Pérouse (Italie)
- Cinémathèque royale de Belgique - Bruxelles (Belgique)
- Grass Valley France - Cergy, Pontoise (Île-de-France, France)
- Trinnov audio SA - Villejuif (Île-de-France, France)
- Université de Poitiers - Poitiers (Poitou-Charentes, France)
Financement
- Coût total du projet : 17 425 168 €
- Subvention de la Commission européenne (programme FP6-IST) : 9 384 000 €
Dates importantes
- Date de début : 1er juillet 2006
- Date de fin : 30 juin 2009
Voir aussi
Liens externes
- Le site officiel du projet
- Le site de l'Université catholique de Louvain
Notes
- ↑ La fiche du projet sur CORDIS