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Glossary 325
SECAM (Sequential Color with Memory) A television transmission standard similar to PAL.
The DVD-Video standard does not support SECAM, so DVD players in SECAM countries play
PAL-format discs and transcode the signal to SECAM.
sequence header Part of an MPEG video stream. Contains information about the video
stream, such as aspect ratio, bit rate, picture resolution, and frame rate. The DVD
specification requires a sequence header before every GOP.
set-top player Consumer DVD player designed for use with a television as part of a home
theater system.
stream Data that must be read and processed in a linear sequence, such as digital video and
audio. Also known as a track.
S-video Video connection standard that has separate brightness and color signals and uses a
four-pin mini-DIN connector. S-video quality is better than composite video but not as good
as component video.
TARGA Bitmap graphics file format developed by Pinnacle Systems, Inc. Files have the
extension .tga, .vda, . icb, or .vst.
thumbnail Small picture representing the contents of a video or image file.
TIFF (Tagged Information File Format) A versatile bitmap graphics format. Files have the
extension .tif or .tiff.
timecode Location of a video frame relative to the start of the video clip. Timecode values
generally use the format hh:mm:ss:ff (hours:seconds:minutes:frames).
See also drop-frame timecode, non-drop-frame timecode.
Title menu Highest-level menu in a DVD menu hierarchy. Viewers can display the Title menu
at any time during playback by pressing the TITLE button on the remote control.
track See stream.
transcode To convert digital video or audio data from one format to another — for example,
from AVI to MPEG.