Operation Manual

Glossary
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stereo Short for stereophonic and developed in the 1950’s, it
constitutes sound reproduction using two independent audio
channels.
SVCD Conceived of in China, this format’s quality falls in between
that of VCD 2.0 and DVD.
SVRT Smart Video Rendering Technology. A proprietary CyberLink
technology, SVRT saves vast amounts of time when producing
movies that contain compressed MPEG files because it only
renders edited portions. This preserves the quality of
unrendered video portions of the original MPEG files.
title DVDs consist a maximum of 99 titles for every DVD Video.
Titles will consist of chapters.
Type I Method of storing DV data in AVI format that was defined by
Microsoft. This format stores data (i.e. video and audio) as a
single AVI stream. It offers better compression, but is newer,
and therefore compatible with fewer systems than Type II.
Type II Method of storing DV data in AVI format that was defined by
Microsoft. This format stores data (i.e. video and audio) as a
single video stream and 1-4 audio streams to store DV data. It
offers wider compatibility, but uses an older compression than
Type I. This format requires slightly more processing time to
split the video/audio stream while capturing.
VCD Video Compact Disc. Generally for video applications
employing MPEG-1 technology, video quality is not as
detailed as DVD and has similar technology to that of audio
CDs.
video overlay Video overlay is the ability to superimpose computer graphics
over a live or recorded video signal and store the resulting
video image on hard disk.
Windows Media
Format
This format is optimized for streaming and playing back
audio, video, and script data and is primarily used in
streaming presentations over the Internet. The main format
used is .WMV in combination with Microsoft's Windows
Media Player.
Windows Media
Services Server
The Windows Media Services server offers the ability to
provide multimedia content to a large number of clients using
.WMV, .ASF, .WMA, .MP3 and .WAV formats. It is for the
expanded use of streaming media such as live broadcasting