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What does the public AS-11 UK DPP HD specification require for audio channels and track layout, and where does loudness appear?

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AMWA AS-11 UK DPP HD requires one mono channel per track, 24-bit/48 kHz PCM and exactly 4 or 16 channels, and its text contains no loudness requirement; AS-11 X9 instead describes audio layout through MCA labelling (Audio Layout Mode 0). Curator qualifications: Six EBU layout list and the audio_track_layout.py artefact, Technical Overview and DPP slide statements (E2 part, E6, E7) not reinspected. Loudness obligations live in delivery requirements outside the file spec (producer). Limitations: Spec text views only. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AMWA-TV/AS-11_UK_DPP_HD/blob/12e100a3de2f60592413a0d21f81f343505e0123/specification_text_views/AMWA_AS_11_UK_DPP_HD.simple.txt",
      "note": "AS-11 UK DPP HD simple text at 12e100a3 lines 158-176, 336-352; search loud/R 128; AS-11 X9 simple text at 41c8de40 lines 273-291"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AMWA-TV/AS-11_UK_DPP_HD/blob/12e100a3de2f60592413a0d21f81f343505e0123/LICENSE.txt",
      "note": "AS-11 UK DPP HD simple text at 12e100a3 lines 158-176, 336-352; search loud/R 128; AS-11 X9 simple text at 41c8de40 lines 273-291"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AMWA-TV/AS-11_X9/blob/41c8de40bf016bb4a7f9490932542f0310996a78/specification_text_views/AMWA_AS_11_X9.simple.txt",
      "note": "AS-11 UK DPP HD simple text at 12e100a3 lines 158-176, 336-352; search loud/R 128; AS-11 X9 simple text at 41c8de40 lines 273-291"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.aafassociation.org/downloads/specifications/Technical_Overview_of_AS-11_Specifications.pdf",
      "note": "AS-11 UK DPP HD simple text at 12e100a3 lines 158-176, 336-352; search loud/R 128; AS-11 X9 simple text at 41c8de40 lines 273-291"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.dfi.dk/files/docs/2018-01/PRESTO4U_DPP_UK_BroadcastFileDelivery_2014_09_23_0.pdf",
      "note": "AS-11 UK DPP HD simple text at 12e100a3 lines 158-176, 336-352; search loud/R 128; AS-11 X9 simple text at 41c8de40 lines 273-291"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] AMWA AS-11 UK DPP HD requires one mono channel per track, 24-bit/48 kHz PCM and exactly 4 or 16 channels, and its text contains no loudness requirement; AS-11 X9 instead describes audio layout through MCA labelling (Audio Layout Mode 0). · locator: AS-11 UK DPP HD simple text at 12e100a3 lines 158-176, 336-352; search loud/R 128; AS-11 X9 simple text at 41c8de40 lines 273-291 source

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documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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