SpectraQC
Pass, fail, and why.
Why this exists
QC has been an unnecessary mystery. Delivery specs arrive as 40-page PDFs that few people in a post house have time to read. Files come back rejected with cryptic error codes and no path to a fix. Existing AutoQC software costs five figures a year, installs only on Windows, and was designed for the operator who already knows what every error means.
SpectraQC is a different starting point. Built for the freelancer, the small post house, the independent studio — the people delivering to broadcast and streaming specs without an in-house broadcast engineer on payroll. The QC engine runs the same checks the incumbents do, but the report explains itself: every result tells you what was measured, the method behind it, and which line of the spec set the threshold. Every failure comes with a plain-English explanation and an actionable fix.
No software to install. No per-seat licence. No annual contract. Pay-as-you-go, per gigabyte, on a page anyone can read.
What it checks
Container format, video codec, resolution, frame rate, scan type, pixel format, signal range, and HDR metadata. Loudness and audio configuration to EBU R128 and ATSC A/85, including sidecar audio tracks. Full subtitle QC across SRT, WebVTT, TTML/IMSC, EBU-TT-D, and EBU-STL. PSE compliance to ITU-R BT.1702. Package-level relational checks across multi-component deliveries — duration match, loudness consistency, component completeness.
Reports in PDF, HTML, and JSON, with ready-to-run ffmpeg commands for fixes where applicable. Media is deleted immediately after analysis. AWS infrastructure runs in EU eu-west-1; vision QC uses Anthropic's Claude API in the US under EU SCCs. Full retention schedule on the privacy page.
Where it comes from
SpectraQC is built on a decade and a half of work in broadcast and post-production QC and compliance, and shaped by feedback from working post editors who deliver to these specs every week. The product comes out of two convictions. First, that delivery QC has been an unnecessary mystery — and that there is no good reason it should stay one. Second, that nothing about delivering files to a broadcaster or platform actually requires Windows-only software, annual licences, and a sales call.
Built in Dublin. Running on AWS eu-west-1.