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GLOSSARY
ASF Short for Advanced Streaming Format, a streaming multimedia
file format developed by Microsoft for Windows 98. Term is
currently used interchangeably with WMA and WMV.
bitrate Bitrate denotes the average number of bits that one second of
video/audio data will consume.
codec Short for video COmpression and DECompression. Each codec
uses a different algorithm to compress and decompress video data.
Without codecs, storing and playing back digital video would be
impractical. Common codecs include Indeo, Cinepak, RLE, MS
Video 1, and MPEG.
deinterlace Deinterlaces interlaced video content, especially from TV signals
and is mainly used to display interlaced video programs on non-
interlaced computer monitors (see "interlaced video content" on
page 112 for more information).
DSL See xDSL.
DV Digital Video. Refers to the capturing, manipulation and storage of
video in digital formats. The DV format is an international
standard intended for consumer use created back in 1995 by a
consortium of companies.
DVD Digital Versatile Disc. DVD is a high capacity CD-size disc for
video, multimedia, games and audio applications.
flip video This option is for certain video formats (such as YUY2) provided
by some hardware capture devices which will might be displayed
as upside-down during recording.
fps Frames Per Second. A measure of how much information is used
to store and display motion video. The term applies equally to film
video and digital video. Each frame is a still image; displaying
frames in quick succession creates the illusion of motion. The more
frames per second (fps), the smoother the motion appears. In