Regions Covered
✔ Latvia
✔ Lithuania
✔ Estonia
To maintain a consistently high quality product, XR requires all material to be supplied to the following specifications:
Requirements at a glance
| Unique identifier(s): | Clock number (no standardised format) |
| Pre/post roll required: | No |
| HD/SD: | Both |
| Audio: | EBU R.128-2014 and R68, see Audio Levels |
| Clearance: | No pre-clearance |
Content Layout
For this region a clock/slate is not required
HD File Specification
| Format | XDCAM 1080/50 | Apple ProRes 422HQ 1080/50 |
| Container | MOV or MXF | MOV |
| Video Codec | XDCAM 422 | Apple Quicktime ProRes 422 (HQ) |
| GOP | Long GOP | - |
| Profile | MPEG-2 422P@HL | HQ |
| Frame Size | 1920x1080 | 1920x1080 |
| Frame Rate | 25 FPS | 25 FPS |
| Scan Type | Interlaced, Upper/Top Field First | Interlaced, Upper/Top Field First |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Pixel Aspect Ratio | Square Pixels (1.0) | Square Pixels (1.0) |
| Video Bit Rate | 50Mb/s CBR | - |
| Chroma | 4:2:2 | 4:2:2 |
| Audio Codec | Integer (Big/Little Endian) PCM | Integer (Little Endian) PCM |
| Audio Bit Depth | 24bit | 24bit |
| Audio Sample Rate | 48kHz | 48kHz |
| Audio Bit Rate | Uncompressed | Uncompressed |
HD Title Safety
16:9 as per EBU R.95-1
All graphics, text, and frame composition elements should be placed within the safe title area to prevent key content from being cut off.
SD File Specification
| Preferred | Accepted | |||
| Format | Apple ProRes 422HQ 625/50 | Uncompressed 8-bit YUV 625/50 | MPEG-2 Program Stream 625/50 | |
| Container | MOV | MOV | MPEG-2 Program Stream | |
| Video Codec | Apple Quicktime ProRes 422 (HQ) | Uncompressed 8bit YCbCr | MPEG-2 | |
| GOP | - | - | I Frame Only | |
| Profile | HQ | - | 422P@ML | |
| Frame Size | 720x576 | 720x576 | 720x576 (608 inc VBI) |
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| Frame Rate | 25 FPS | 25 FPS | 25 FPS | |
| Scan Type | Interlaced, Upper/Top Field First | Interlaced, Upper/Top Field First | Interlaced, Upper/Top Field First | |
| Aspect Ratio |
16:9 |
16:9 |
16:9 |
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| Pixel Aspect Ratio | Square Pixels (1.0) | Square Pixels (1.0) | Square Pixels (1.0) | |
| Video Bit Rate | - | - | 100Mb/s CBR | |
| Chroma | 4:2:2 | 4:2:2 | 4:2:2 | |
| Audio Codec | Integer (Little Endian) PCM | Integer (Little Endian) PCM | Integer (Little Endian) PCM | |
| Audio Bit Depth | 16/24bit | 16 bit | 16 bit | |
| Audio Sample Rate | 48kHz | 48kHz | 48kHz | |
SD Title Safety
16:9 as per EBU R.95-1
All graphics, text, and frame composition elements should be placed within the safe title area to prevent key content from being cut off.
Video Levels
All video signals should comply with ITU-R BT.709-5 (HD) or ITU-R BT.601-7 (SD) and video signals should not exceed the specified limits.
Video levels should not exceed 700mV, or fall below 0mv
Luminance (Y) -1% and 103%
(between -7mV and 721mV)
RGB video levels -5% and 105%
(between -35mV and 735mV)
Out of gamut tolerance
Whilst XR and the Broadcasters will reject illegal video levels they understand there may be instances where it is difficult to completely avoid, and following EBU recommendation Rec.103-2000 will allow a small tolerance, assuming that no more than 1% of the active picture is in error.
Audio Levels
The loudness level of the programme material must be in agreement with the EBU R128-2014 directive, including the following delivery specifications :
Latvia and Lithuania
EBU R.128-2014
- Integrated Loudness Program : -23 LUFS
- Target Level Tolerance : +/- 0.5 LU
- Maximum True Peak : -3dBTP
- Maximum Momentary : -15 LUFS
- Maximum Short Term Momentary (3 Sec) : -20 LUFS
- Loudness Range : 20 LU
Estonia
EBU R.128-2014
- Integrated Loudness Program : -23 LUFS
- Target Level Tolerance : +/- 0.5 LU
- Maximum True Peak : -1dBTP
- Maximum Momentary : +8 LU
- Maximum Short Term Momentary (3 Sec) : No Limitation
- Loudness Range : No Limitation
R68
A small number of Estonian Broadcasters only accept R68 audio standard.
Content delivered as R128 standard will be required to be converted to R68 standard if alternate version is not supplied.
Audio Channel Configurations
| Channel # | Audio |
| 1 | Stereo Left |
| 2 | Stereo Right |
Subtitles
This region can only accept open/burnt in captions.
Audio Description
Audio Description isn't currently supported in this region.
Clearance
Compliance checks are handled by the individual broadcasters once they receive the spot from XR, no pre-clearance required.