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IEC 61883-1: Consumer audio/video equipment – Digital interface – Part 1: General

Publication Date: Feb 1, 2008
SDO: IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission
 DOD Adopted   ANSI Approved Approved

Scope and object

This part of IEC 61883 specifies a digital interface for consumer electronic audio/video equipment using IEEE 1394. It describes the general packet format, data flow management and connection management for audio-visual data, and also the general transmission rules for control commands.

The object of this standard is to define a transmission protocol for audio-visual data and control commands which provides for the interconnection of digital audio and video equipment, using IEEE 1394.

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