XDS Metadata

Extended Data Services (XDS) is an American standard for the delivery of ancillary data (metadata) to television receivers. XDS metadata is carried in the CC3 and CC4 closed captioning channels (CEA-608).

Transform can insert the following types of XDS metadata:

V-chip Content Ratings
Program Information

V-chip Insertion

Use the Metadata Processor mplm filter to insert XDS V-chip metadata. For example the following composition inserts V-chip ratings into existing c708 caption metadata:

---
input:
  container:
  - name: input
    video:
    - name: v1
output:
  container:
  - name: output
    type: m2ts
    video:
    - route:
        name: v1
      sample_rate:
        numerator: 30000
        denominator: 1001
      filter:
      - type: mplm
        properties:
          Deformatters:
          - From: mxfa
            To: c708
          InsertAttacher: true
          SourceInserters:
          - Type: xdsi
          XdsVchipRate: 100
          XdsVchipRating: PG
          XdsVchipType: MPA
      attach:
      - type: c708
        root: a72c
      encode:
        type: h264

{
  "input": {
    "container": [
      {
        "name": "input",
        "subtitle": [],
        "video": [
          {
            "name": "v1"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "output": {
    "container": [
      {
        "type": "m2ts",
        "name": "output",
        "subtitle": [],
        "video": [
          {
            "sample_rate": {
              "numerator": 30000,
              "denominator": 1001
            },
            "encode": {
              "type": "h264"
            },
            "filter": [
              {
                "properties": {
                  "InsertAttacher": true,
                  "SourceInserters": [
                    {
                      "Type": "xdsi"
                    }
                  ],
                  "Deformatters": [
                    {
                      "To": "c708",
                      "From": "mxfa"
                    }
                  ],
                  "XdsVchipRate": "100",
                  "XdsVchipRating": "PG",
                  "XdsVchipType": "MPA"
                },
                "type": "mplm"
              }
            ],
            "attach": [
              {
                "type": "c708",
                "root": "a72c"
              }
            ],
            "route": {
              "name": "v1"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Properties

The Metadata Processing mplm filter provides the following properties for V-chip insertion:

Property	Type	Description
`XdsVchipRate`	integer	Specifies the repetition rate of the V-chip service in seconds.
`XdsVchipType`	string	Specifies the type of the V-chip content rating: `MPA` `USTVPG` `CELR` `CFLR`
`XdsVchipRating`	string	Specifies the V-chip content rating value for the selected type. See content ratings for the supported values.
`XdsVchipFlags`	string	Specifies the V-chip content flags. The value can contain one or more of the following characters: `V` violence `S` sexual situations `L` crude language `D` suggestive dialog

Content Ratings

The following table contains the supported content ratings for each rating type:

`XdsVchipType`	`XdsVchipRating`
`MPA`	`N/A`, `G`, `PG`, `PG-13`, `R`, `NC-17`, `X` or `Not Rated`
`USTVPG`	`None`, `TV-Y`, `TV-Y7`, `TV-G`, `TV-PG`, `TV-14` or `TV-MA`
`CELR`	`E`, `C`, `C8+`, `G`, `PG`, `14+` or `18+`
`CFLR`	`E`, `G`, `8 ans +`, `13 ans +`, `16 ans +` or `18 ans +`

Program Insertion

Use the Metadata Processor mplm filter to insert XDS program information. For example the following composition inserts program name and type information:

---
input:
  container:
  - name: input
    video:
    - name: v1
output:
  container:
  - name: output
    type: m2ts
    video:
    - route:
        name: v1
      filter:
      - type: mplm
        properties:
          AfdAspectRatio: 1
          AfdValue: 4
          SourceInserters:
          - Type: xdsi
          - Type: afdi
          XdsProgramName: Transform Program Name
          XdsProgramNameRate: 100
          XdsProgramType: Education, Math
          XdsProgramTypeRate: 100
      attach:
      - root: a72c
        type: c708

Properties

The Metadata processor provides the following properties for program insertion:

Property	Type	Description
`XdsProgramNameRate`	integer	Specifies the repetition rate rate of the XDS program name in seconds.
`XdsProgramName`	string	Specifies the program name.
`XdsProgramTypeRate`	integer	Specifies the repetition rate of the XDS program type in seconds.
`XdsProgramType`	string	Specifies one or more program types as a comma separated list. See program types for the supported values.

Program Types


Education Entertainment Movie News Religious Sports OTHER Action Advertisement Animated Anthology Automobile Awards Baseball Basketball Bulletin Business Classical College Combat Comedy Commentary Concert Consumer Contemporary Crime Dance Documentary Drama Elementary Erotica Exercise	Fantasy Farm Fashion Fiction Food Football Foreign Fund Raiser Game/Quiz Garden Golf Government Health High School History Hobby Hockey Home Horror Information Instruction International Interview Language Legal Live Local Math Medical Meeting Military Miniseries	Music Mystery National Nature Police Politics Premier Prerecorded Product Professional Public Racing Reading Repair Repeat Review Romance Science Series Service Shopping Soap Opera Special Suspense Talk Technical Tennis Travel Variety Video Weather Western