Glossary

DRM

DRM (digital rights

 

management) copy protection

 

is a technology designed to

 

prevent unauthorized copying

 

by restricting playback, etc. of

 

compressed audio files on

 

devices other than the PC (or

 

other recording equipment)

 

used to record it. For detailed

 

information, please see the

 

instruction manuals or help

 

files that came with your PC

 

and/or software.

 

 

EXIF

A file format developed by

(Exchangeable

FUJIFILM for digital still

Image File)

cameras. Digital cameras from

 

various manufacturers use this

 

compressed file format which

 

carries date, time and

 

thumbnail information, as well

 

as the picture data.

 

 

HDMI

HDMI (High-Definition

 

Multimedia Interface) is a

 

high-speed digital interface

 

which has the capability to

 

support standard, enhanced, or

 

high-definition video plus

 

standard to multi-channel

 

surround-sound audio on a

 

single digital connection.

 

HDMI features include

 

uncompressed digital video, a

 

bandwidth of up to 5 gigabytes

 

per second and

 

communication between the

 

AV source and AV devices such

 

as DTVs.

 

 

ISO 9660

International standard for the

format

volume and file structure of

 

CD-ROM discs.

 

 

MPEG-4 AAC

MPEG-4 AAC is a compressed

 

stereo audio file format. Files

 

are recognized by the extention

 

‘.m4a’.

 

Note that some files purchased

 

with copyright protection (such

 

as files from the iTunes store)

 

may not playback.

 

 

MPEG audio

An audio format used on

 

Video CDs and some DVD

 

discs.

 

 

PBC

A system of navigating a

(PlayBack

Video CD through on-screen

Control)

menus recorded onto the disc.

 

 

PCM

Digital audio encoding system

(Pulse Code

found on CDs. Good quality,

Modulation)

but requires a lot of data

 

compared to Dolby Digital, DTS

 

and MPEG encoded audio.

 

 

Progressive

All the lines that make up a

scan video

video picture are updated in

 

one pass (compared to

 

interlace which takes two

 

passes to update the whole

 

picture).

 

 

Sampling

The rate at which sound is

frequency

measured to be turned into

 

digital audio data. The higher

 

the rate, the better the sound

 

quality. CD is 44.1 kHz; DVD

 

can be up to 96 kHz.

 

 

WMV

WMV is an acronym for

 

Windows Media Video and

 

refers to a video compression

 

technology developed by

 

Microsoft Corporation. Files are

 

recognized by the file extension

 

“.wmv”.

 

 

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