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VIP-NET-0424-1G QUICK START GUIDE
VERSION 1.1
GLOSSARY
FPS
Frames Per Second – common settings are 24fps, 25fps, 30fps, and 60 fps
FLV
Flash Video streaming utilizing Adobe Flash Player version6 or higher
HLS
HTTP Live Streaming, found with browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, and Safari
GOP
Group of Pictures – terminology used when encoding MPEG video
Bitrate
quantity of bits per second sent from the encoder, in kilobits
Encoded Size
Horizontal and vertical pixel counts of output image resolution
H.264
high quality, low bitrate motion-compensation based compression standard
Bitrate Control
refers to VBR (Variable Bit Rate), or CBR (Constant Bit Rate)
CBR
Constant Bit Rate, used to save file size when content has similar motion throughout
VBR
Variable Bit Rate, used vary bit rate dependent on content changes and provides most
favorable results.
TS
Transport Stream, commonly used for audio/video streaming based on MPEG-2
RTSP
Real Time Streaming Protocol for request communications between media servers
and clients
Multicast IP
IP address for data (audio/video) broadcasting. An audio/video encoder such as the
VIP-NET-0424-1G will have both a device IP address (192.168.1.168) and a multicast IP
address for broadcasting the audio/video stream (e.g.: 238.0.0.1:1234)
RTMP
Real Time Messaging Protocol, a TCP based streaming protocol with persistent
connectivity
AAC
Audio coding standard used by YouTube, Apple, Sony, etc.
ONVIF
Open Network Video Interface Forum, a standardization of IP based security
products
G711A
A PCM audio companding standard used in telephony
