scope:

This Technical Report summarizes the results of the study on products and market status of professional tape-less camera recorders. This report also includes the guideline on the possibilities of standardizations for professional tape-less camera recorders, including the following components:

- codec;

- file format;

- metadata;

- recording media;

- interface.

NOTE 1 Each professional tape-less camera recorder used for the product survey is defined as "PRODUCT".

NOTE 2 Since each PRODUCT is also defined as a "product series" of each manufacturer, PRODUCT may include two or more models with different product specifications.

NOTE 3 Some of the names described in this report represent a trademark or registered trademark of the respective companies. However, symbols such as TM and ® are omitted in this report.

NOTE 4 The interface specifications investigated in this project were limited to a file transfer or compressed bit stream transfer since this report is focusing on a file-based specification.

NOTE 5 The detail specification of each PRODUCT is shown in Annex A.