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    Avid discovered a standards compliance issue with DNxHD media created by their hardware and software products. Specifically, three bit-fields in the picture header of 1080i encoded frames were incorrectly set and did not comply with the VC-3 specification. This could cause issues when using third party VC-3 products. Avid is releasing updated DNxHD codecs to correct these bit-fields and create compliant media, and these updated codecs can decode both compliant and non-compliant media.

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    Avid discovered a standards compliance issue with DNxHD media created by their hardware and software products. Specifically, three bit-fields in the picture header of 1080i encoded frames were incorrectly set and did not comply with the VC-3 specification. This could cause issues when using third party VC-3 products. Avid is releasing updated DNxHD codecs to correct these bit-fields and create compliant media, and these updated codecs can decode both compliant and non-compliant media.

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    Avid discovered a standards compliance issue with DNxHD media created by their hardware and software products. Specifically, three bit-fields in the picture header of 1080i encoded frames were incorrectly set and did not comply with the VC-3 specification. This could cause issues when using third party VC-3 products. Avid is releasing updated DNxHD codecs to correct these bit-fields and create compliant media, and these updated codecs can decode both compliant and non-compliant media.

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    Avid discovered a standards compliance issue with DNxHD media created by their hardware and software products. Specifically, three bit-fields in the picture header of 1080i encoded frames were incorrectly set and did not comply with the VC-3 specification. This could cause issues when using third party VC-3 products. Avid is releasing updated DNxHD codecs to correct these bit-fields and create compliant media, and these updated codecs can decode both compliant and non-compliant media.

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    DNxHD/VC-3 Compliance Issue

    It has been discovered that a standards compliance issue exists. This


    affects DNxHD media created by both Avids hardware and software
    products. The media is not compliant with the SMPTE VC-3
    specification. The compressed data is NOT corrupted, but there are
    three bit-fields that are affected. All Avids current and past products
    decode DNxHD media, but as Avids customers incorporate 3rd party
    VC-3 products, they will encounter this issue due to the non-compliant
    bit-fields.
    The problem involves three separate fields in the picture header of a
    DNxHD 1080i encoded frame. Avids software and hardware DNxHD
    codecs currently create media that have different combinations of noncompliance. The hardware codec compliance issue is limited to Avid
    Nitris DX models.
    1. The Active Line Height (ALPF and NAL) is set to 1080 but should
    be set to 540 for interlaced frames. (S/W codec only.) (See
    Section 7.1.3 of SMPTE 2019-1-2008)
    2. The Source_Scan_Type (SST) is set to 0 but should be set to 1 for
    interlaced frames. (H/W codec only). (See Section 7.1.3 of SMPTE
    2019-1-2008)
    3. The Field or Frame Encoding (FFE) in the Coding Control B area is
    set to 1 but should be set to0 for interlaced frames. (H/W codec
    only.) (See Section 7.1.5 of SMPTE 2019-1-2008)
    In all cases progressive media (720p and 1080p encoded frames) is
    compliant.
    To correct this compliance issue, Avid is releasing a new version of the
    DNxHD optimized binaries as well as a new version of the QuickTime
    DNxHD codec. This release of Avid Media Composer v4.0, Avid
    Symphony v4.0 and Avid Newscutter v8.0 contains updated codecs to
    create compliant media.
    The updated codec is backwards compatible, decoding both compliant
    and non-compliant media. A codec will be made available for previous
    versions (prior to v4.0 and v7.0) of Avid Media Composer, Avid
    Symphony and Avid Newscutter.
    When you play compliant DNxHD media in a previous editor
    application, it may result in frames being decompressed incorrectly.
    This is characterized by only the top half of a frame being
    decompressed with the bottom half of the image displaying in with

    either black or green. If you install the updated codec in these earlier
    editor applications, it will correct the decoding.

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