Operation Manual

Appendix
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LP (Long Play) The lowest video quality you may
select in PowerDirector.
menu A page on a DVD that contains links to the
chapters the DVD contains.
MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) A family of
international standards used for coding audio/
video information into digital format.
Currently, MPEG-2 is the standard for digital
video formats and MP3 for strictly digital
audio formats.
non-realtime
capture
Non-realtime capture continues processing
video after the video capture playback stops in
order to ensure that no frames are dropped.
Capturing video at a higher speed reduces
processing time, but yields video of a lower
quality. Capturing better quality video
requires more CPU power and more time to
complete.
NTSC (National Television Systems Committee) A
standard format adopted by the FCC for
television broadcasts in the United States,
Japan, Canada, and Mexico. NTSC offers 525
lines of resolution per frame at 30 fps.
PAL (Phase Alteration Line) The standard format
for television broadcasts in Germany, Great
Britain, South America, Australia, and most of
Western European and Asian countries. PAL
offers 25 frames per second.
Term Description