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Glossary
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DVD+VR
DVD+RW Real Time Recording Format. A video recording format intended for set-
top DVD recorders using DVD+RW or DVD+R media. Discs are compatible with
most set-top DVD players.
DVD-R
DVD-Recordable. A DVD disc that can be recorded once.
DVD-RAM
DVD-random access memory. A DVD disc that can be recorded and erased about
100,000 times. DVD-RAM is designed for faster access to random areas of the disc.
DVD-ROM
DVD-read-only memory. The basic format of DVD, from which all other formats are
derived. DVD-ROM discs can contain any form of digital data.
DVD-RW
DVD-Rewritable. A DVD disc that can be recorded and erased about 1,000 times.
DVD-Video
A standard for storing and playing high-quality video with audio. DVD-Video discs
can be played either on set-top players or in computers that have a DVD drive and
player software. A DVD-Video disc can contain up to 99 titles.
DVR-MS
A proprietary file format used for recording video in Windows Media Center.
elementary
stream
A single digital stream of either video or audio. Compare with program stream .
encode
To transform an analog signal into digital data. This often involves some form of
compression . See also decode , transcode .
FAT32
A version of the File Allocation Table file system developed for Windows 98 and
later. FAT32 allows files up to 4 GB in size.
field
A set of TV scan lines. Two fields make a complete frame. One field contains the
odd-numbered lines (top field); the other field contains the even-numbered lines
(bottom field). The fields can be displayed using
interlaced scanning on a standard TV
or using progressive scanning on a computer monitor or high-definition TV.
field
dominance
The order in which the fields in a video stream should be displayed. This is either top
field first, or bottom field first (DV video is bottom field first). If video is encoded
using the wrong field order, it will display correctly on a PC, but will appear jittery
when viewed on a TV. Also known as field order.
file system
The logical structure that an operating system like Windows uses to keep track of files
on a disk. The most commonly used file systems under Windows are
FAT32 and
NTFS .
First Play
An instruction on a DVD that tells the DVD player which menu or title to display
when the disc is inserted into the player.
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