Philips SA075108, SA075116, SA075104 user manual WMA Windows Media Audio, WMV Windows Media Video

MP3

A file format with a sound data compression system. MP3 is the abbreviation of Motion Picture Experts Group 1 (or MPEG-1) Audio Layer 3. With the MP3 format, one CD-R or CD-RW can contain about 10 times more data than a regular CD.

P

PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) Pioneering form of digital recording.

S

Shuffle

A feature that plays audio files (tracks) in random order.

Stereo

Literally means solid. Usually taken to refer to two channel stereo, though developments in digital audio facilitate multichannel stereo.

T

Thumbnail

Athumbnail is reduced-size versions of a picture that is used to make it easier to recognize an them. Thumbnails serve the same role for images as a normal text index does for words.

V

Volume

Volume is the most common word used to specify the control of relative loudness of sounds. It also pertains to the function on many electronic devices that is used to control the loudness.

W

WAV

A format for sound files developed jointly by Microsoft and IBM. Built into Windows 95

to XP, which made it the de facto standard for sound on PCs. WAV sound files end with a ‘.wav’ extension and works with nearly all Windows applications that support sound.

WMA (Windows Media Audio)

An audio format owned by Microsoft, is a part of Microsoft Windows Media technology. Includes Microsoft Digital Rights Management tools, Windows Media Video encoding technology, and Windows Media Audio encoding technology.

WMV [Windows Media Video]

Refers to a video compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation. WMV content can be encoded by using Windows Media® Encoder 9 series. Files are recognised by their file extension ‘.wmv’.

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