List of video terms
Alphabetical listing of the technical terms used in the video sector with their abbreviations.
A.
- Antialiasing - antialiasing
- AR - Accurate Recording
- AVCHD - video and audio recording format
- AVI - Audio Video Interleave
B.
- BAS - image blanking synchronous signal
- Tape speed - feed of the magnetic tape in distance over time (originally IPS, converted into cm / s)
- Betacam - video format widely used in SD broadcasting
- Beta max
- Image resolution - number of pixels = width × height
- Blu-ray Disc - successor to DVD-Video
- BNC connector
- Widescreen TV - 16: 9 aspect ratio / anamorphic
C.
- Codec - coder / decoder
- Composite video
- Compositing
- Control-L
- CRID - Content Reference Identifier
D.
- DFT - Discrete Fourier Transform
- DCT - Discrete Cosine Transform
- DivX - Digital Video Express
- DV - digital video
- DVCAM
- DVCPRO
- DVB - Digital Video Broadcasting
- DVB-C - Digital Video Broadcasting - Cable
- DVB-S - Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite
- DVB-T - Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial
- DVB-H - Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld. DVB-M or DVB-X
- DVD-Video - Digital Versatile Disc - Video (* .vob) DVD
- DVI - Digital Visual Interface
- DVD authoring
E.
- ePTZ - Electronic Pan, Tilt, Zoom (electronically pan, tilt, zoom)
F.
- FBAS - color picture blanking synchronous signal
H
- Field
- HDCAM
- HDTV - high definition television
- HD DVD - planned successor to the DVD-Video has not against Blu-ray Disc enforced
- Hi8
- HDMI - High Definition Multimedia Interface
- HD-SDI - High Definition Serial Digital Interface
- HDV - high definition video
I.
- Interlacing - see interlacing
- Indeo
K
L.
- LP / SP = long play / standard play tape speed during recording / playback
M.
- MAZ - magnetic recording
- Matroska
- Megapixels (one million pixels)
- MiniDV
- MiniDVD - small format DVD (diameter 8 cm)
- MPEG - Moving Pictures Expert Group
- MXF - Material eXchange Format
N
- NTSC - National Television System Committee
- Nightshot - recordings with video cameras in limited light conditions
- Network camera
O
- OGM - Ogg Media
P
R.
S.
- S-VCD - Super Video CD
- S-VHS - Super VHS
- S-Video - Separate video
- Scan Converter
- SCART - Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radiorécepteurs et Téléviseurs
- Screencamera - screen camera
- SD TV - Standard Definition Television
- SDI - Serial Digital Interface
- Seamless branching
- SECAM - Séquentiel à mémoire
- ShowView
- Skew
- SL - Series Link
- Steadicam - portable tripod
- Streaming media
- SVCD - SuperVideo CD
- SG - font generator
T
U
V
- VCD - Video CD
- VCR - Video Cassette Recorder
- VDR - Video Disk Recorder, Hard Disk Recorder, Hard Disk Recorder
- VESA - Video Electronics Standards Association
- Video 2000
- Video 8
- Video editing
- Video formats
- VHS - Video Home System
- VPS - Video Programming System
- Video editing
- VTR - Video Tape Recorder
- VirtualDub
- Visual effects
W.
- Webcam
- Widescreen - widescreen
- Windowbox
X
Y
- YUV color model (used with analog PAL and NTSC )
- YIQ color model (Obsolete. Previously used with analog NTSC )
- YCbCr color model (digital image and video systems based on JPEG / MPEG , such as DVD-Video , DVB television, digital PAL and digital NTSC )
- YPbPr color model (analog component video , analog mother of the digital YCbCr )
Z
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