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Active Format Description

In television technology, Active Format Description (AFD) is a standard set of codes that can be sent in the MPEG video stream or in the baseband SDI video signal that carries information about their aspect ratio and other active picture characteristics. It has been used by television broadcasters to enable both 4:3 and 16:9 television sets to optimally…

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Active Format Description

Nodes20
Edges19
Triples0
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.1
Components1

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Important terminology

afd mpeg also 16 broadcasters information widescreen active format standard afds video letterbox ratio description codes broadcast picture aspect used

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