Operation Manual

Glossary
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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.
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
and intelligent streaming and is, by default, the best way to
stream media since it was designed especially for streaming. It
also provides sufficient tools and support for traffic
management and broadcasting streaming services. This differs
from HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) streaming, which is
directly streamed from Web servers.
WMA Windows Media Audio. A Windows Media proprietary
streaming audio format typically used to download and play
files or to stream content.
WMV Windows Media Video. A Windows Media proprietary
streaming audio/video format typically used to download and
play files or to stream content and is the main streaming
format used for Microsoft's Windows Media Player.
xDSL Refers collectively to all types of Digital Subscriber Lines, the
two main categories being ADSL and SDSL. Two other types of
xDSL technologies are High-data-rate DSL (HDSL) and
Symmetric DSL (SDSL). DSL technologies use sophisticated
modulation schemes to pack data onto copper wires. They are
sometimes referred to as last-mile technologies because they