What is:
3GP 3ivx
AAC ASF
ASPI Audio_TS
AVI Bitrate
CDA DVD Chapter Codec
Combo Drive Convert
& Converter DIVA
DivX DTS
DV DVD
Encoding I
Frame M3U mini-DVD
MOV MP3
MP4 MPEG
NTSC PAL
CD DVD Rip SVCD
VCD VHS
Video Encoding
Video_TS VOB
WMA WMF
WMP WMV
XVCD XviD
3GP - The mpeg4 based video
format used in mobile terminals, like cell phones. Read more about
3GP
Converter - Convert Video to 3GP.
3ivx
- An MPEG-4 toolkit that supports MPEG-4 Video, MPEG-4 Audio and
the MP4 File Format. TOP
AAC - Stands for Advanced Audio Coder.
An audio-encoding standard for MPEG-2 that is not backward-compatible
with MPEG-1 audio. Read more about Rip
DVD to AAC. TOP
ASF - Stands for Advanced Streaming
Format. stores audio and video information, and it is specially
designed to run on networks like the Internet. ASF is a highly flexible
and compressed format that contains streaming audio, video, slide
shows, and synchronized events. When you use ASF files, content
is delivered to you as a continuous flow of data. When an AVI file
is compressed and converted to an ASF file, the file begins playing
after only a few seconds. Read more about Convert
ASF to AVI MPEG. TOP
ASPI - Stands for Advanced SCSI Programming
Interface. Originally developed by Adaptec. It is a software layer
that enables programs to communicate with SCSI and ATAPI devices(CD
and DVD Drives and other storage peripherals). TOP
AUDIO_TS - UDF file name used
for the DVD-Audio directory on a DVD disc volume. DVD-Audio is a
separate format from DVD-Video so on a standard DVD-Video is the
AUDIO_TS folder empty. TOP
AVI - Stands for Audio Video Interleaved,
storing sound and moving pictures in RIFF format developed by Microsoft.
An AVI file can use different codecs and formats so there is no
set format for an AVI file unlike for example standard VCD video
which sets a standard for resolution, bitrates, and codecs used.
read more about
what is AVI file. TOP
Bitrate - is the average number
of bits that one second of video or audio data will consume. Higher
bitrate means bigger file size and generally better video or audio
quality while lower bitrate means lower file size but worse video
or audio quality. Some bitrate examples in common video and audio
files: MP3 about 128 kbps (kilobits per second); VCD about 1374
kbps; DVD about 4500 kbps; DV about 25 Mbps (megabits per second).
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CDA
- CD Audio Track, audio files that are on CD media. You can play
.cda files only from a CD-ROM. Often the CDA tracks are ripped to
WAV or MP3 files. Read more about Rip
CDA to VOX, OGG Vorbis, MP3 WAV WMA. TOP
Combo Drive - A DVD ROM drive
capable of reading and writing CD-R and CD-RW media. May also refer
to a DVD-R or DVD-RW or DVD+RW drive with the same capability. TOP
Convert & Converter
- To change file format ( video or audio format ) from one form
into another. In video obviously it is to change form of one video
format into another. For example, many people like to convert DivX
to MPEG, MOV to AVI, AVI to MPEG etc. Conversions to a final format
is called encoding - an example is AVI to VCD MPEG-1, AVI to MPEG-2
etc. The video converter or audio converter that can do that should
be called converter software, for example: AVI Converter, MPEG Covnerter,
3GP Converter, MP4 Converter, MP3 Converter etc. read more about
AVI MPEG Covnerter,  Mpeg4
Converter,  3GP
Converters,  PSP
Converters. TOP
DVD Chapter (somewhat confusingly
referred to as a 'Part' in the parlence of DVD authors) is generally
a logical segment of a Title such as a scene in a film or one interview
in a set of cast interviews. There can be up to 999 Chapters in
one DVD Title. read more about how
to rip DVD Chapter to AVI MPEG? TOP
Codec - An acronym for "compression/deccompression",
a codec is an algorithm or specialized computer program that encodes
or reduces the number of bytes consumed by large files and programs.
Files encoded with a specific codec require the same codec for decoding.
Some codecs you may encounter in computer video production are Divx,
MPEG-1, MPEG-2, Xivd, DV type 1 and type 2 for video and MP3 for
audio. read more about H.264
Codec, MKV
Codec, TOP
DIVA - a powerful MPEG-1/MPEG-2 video
converter for Mac OS X 10.2 or later. It uses QuickTime, MPEG, MOV,
SMP, AltiVec, YUV, Cocoa, Quartz, XML and other amazingly great
acronyms and buzzwords. It's also fast, high quality, and integrates
extremely well with 3ivx D4 4.5, allowing it to perform automated
2-pass encoding with 3ivx. TOP
DivX - a new format for digital video,
much like MP3 is a format for digital music. DivX is the brand name
of a patent-pending video compression technology created by DivX
Networks, Inc., The DivX codec is based on the MPEG-4 compression
standard. This codec is so advanced that it can reduce an MPEG-2
video (the same format used for DVD or Pay-Per-View) to ten percent
of its original size. Read more about DivX
XviD AVI Mpeg to DVD. TOP
DTS - Digital Theater Systems Digital
Sound, A product of DTS, Inc., DTS is a multichannel audio compression
format similar to Dolby Digital used in DVD-video discs, DVD-audio,
5.1 channel audio CDs, and some movie theaters. DTS differs from
Dolby Digital in that it generally uses higher data rates and many
have the opinion that DTS is better quality. DTS can only be on
a DVD-video disc if accompanied by a Dolby Digital or LPCM track
(for North America) or mpeg audio and LPCM (European Community)
to ensure compatibility, because DVD players are only required to
decode those standards in those regions. TOP
DV - Digital Video, video captured
to a PC from a digital camcorder, often through Firewire. There
are two methods of storing DV video data, referred to in this article
as type-1 and type-2. Both are stored usually in AVI files. Read
more about AVI
Mpeg DV to DVD. TOP
DVD - DVD once stood for Digital Video
Disc or Digital Versatile Disc, but now it just stands for DVD --
the next generation of optical disc storage technology. DVD is essentially
a bigger, faster CD that can hold cinema-like video, better-than-CD
audio, and computer data. read more about
what is DVD. TOP
Encoding - is the process of
changing data from one form into another according to a set of rules
specifiec by a codec. The data is usually a file containing audio,
video or still image. Often the encoding is done to make a file
compatible with specific hardware (such as a DVD Player) or to compress
or reduce the space the data occupies. Common video encoding methods
are DivX, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. A common audio encoding method
is MP3 although many others exist including MPEG1 audio, DTS, and
Dolby Digital. Read more about Mpeg
Encoder. TOP
I Frame - An I frame is encoded
as a single image, with no reference to any past or future frames.
Often video editing programs can only cut MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 encoded
video on an I frame since B frames and P frames depend on other
frames for encoding information. TOP
M3U - An .m3u file is a special type
of metafile playlist that is used with MP3 files that have an .mp3
file extension. The .m3u file includes information about the location
of the .m3u file on the computer and the properties of the file.
An .m3u file is similar to the ASX playlist files. TOP
mini-DVD - is a DVD video written
onto a CD-R(W) instead of a DVD disc. mini-DVD is also sometimes
called cDVD. A miniDVD only fits about 15 minutes of DVD quality
video on a 650 MB CD-R(W). TOP
MOV - QuickTime Content (.mov, .qt)
a file format developed by Apple Computer to create, edit, publish,
and view multimedia files. QuickTime supports video, animation,
graphics, 3D and virtual reality (VR). read more about
MOV to AVI MPEG Converter. TOP
MP3 - is an acronym for MPEG-1 (or
MPEG-2) Layer 3 audio encoding (it is not an acronym for MPEG-3).
MP3 is a popular compression format used for audio files on computers
and portable devices. Read more about MP3
CD Converter. TOP
MP4 - is a new container format, a
container format allows you to combine different multimedia streams
into one single file. Multimedia containers are for example the
well known AVI, MPEG , Matroska, OGM. MP4 is the global file extension
for the official container format defined in the MPEG-4 standard.
MP4 is streamable and supports all kinds of multimedia content,
multiple audio-, video-, subtitlestreams, pictures, variable-framerates,
-bitrates, -samplerates...) and advanced content like 2D and 3D
animated graphics, user interactivity, DVD-like menus. Read more
about MPEG
Mpeg4 MP4 Converter, How
to convert DVD AVI Mpeg to MP4. TOP
MPEG - An ISO/ITU standard for compressing
video offering lossy compression technique (some data of the original
image is lost during the compression). read more about
what is MPEG. TOP
NTSC - Abbreviation of National Television
Standards Committee. The NTSC is responsible for setting television
and video standards in the United States (in Europe and other parts
of the world, the dominant television standards are PAL and SECAM).
The NTSC standard for television defines a composite video signal
with a refresh rate of 60 fields (half-frames interlaced) per second.
Each frame contains 525 lines and can contain 16 million different
colors. The resolution of an NTSC VCD is 352x240 pixels, an NTSC
SVCD is 480x480, and an NTSC full D1 DVD is 704 or 720 x 480. TOP
PAL - Short for Phase Alternating
Line, the dominant television standard in Europe. The United States
uses a different standard, NTSC. PAL delivers 625 lines at 50 fields
(half-frames interlaced) per second. The resolution of a PAL VCD
is 352x288 pixels, a PAL SVCD is 480x576, and a PAL full D1 DVD
is 704 or 720 x 576. TOP
CD DVD Rip - To take off the
audio or video from a CD or DVD. Often CD Audio is "ripped" to MP3
WAV OGG VQF files or DVD video ripped to AVI MPEG DivX files. read
more about
DVD Ripper Software and
CD Ripper Software. TOP
SVCD - stands for 'Super VideoCD'.
A SVCD is very similiar to a VCD, it has the capacity to hold about
35-60 minutes on 74/80 min CDs of very good quality full-motion
MPEG-2 video along with up to 2 stereo audio tracks and also 4 selectable
subtitles. A SVCD can be played on many standalone DVD Players and
of course on all computers with a DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive with the
help of a software based decoder / player. Read more about DVD
to SVCD. TOP
VCD - stands for 'Video Compact Disc'
and basically it is a CD that contains moving pictures and sound.
If you're familiar with regular audio/music CDs, then you will know
what a VCD looks like. A VCD has the capacity to hold up to 74/80
minutes on 650MB/700MB CDs respectively of full-motion video along
with quality stereo sound. VCDs use an encoding standard called
MPEG-1 to store the video and audio. A VCD can be played on almost
all standalone DVD Players and of course on all computers with a
DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive with the help of a software based decoder
/ player. Read more about AVI
Mpeg to VCD DVD SVCD. TOP
VHS - an analog format capable of
delivering 240 lines of video resolution, along with stereo sound
that's nearly as good as CD (in dynamic range and frequency response).
Blank tapes usually feature either 120 minutes or 160 minutes of
recording time at the highest recording speed (6 hours or 8 hours
at the slowest speed). VHS and VCR's are slowly being phased out
in favor of DVD players and other digital tape media. Read more
about VHS
to DVD. TOP
Video Encoding - The process
for changing a video from one format to another by altering the
resolution and/or the bitrate. Normally the result of this process
is a movie with a different compression. For a proper encoding you
need a piece of software and/or hardware, which is called codec.
read more about MPEG
MPEG2 MPEG4 Encoder, TOP
VIDEO_TS - The UDF file name
used for DVD-Video directory on a DVD disc volume. Files under this
directory name contain pointers to the sectors on the disc which
hold the program streams. TOP
VOB - All DVD movies are stored in
on a DVD video disc in so-called VOB files. VOB files usually contain
multiplexed Dolby Digital audio and MPEG-2 video. VOB files on a
DVD are numbered as follows: vts_XX_y.vob where XX represents the
title and Y the part of the title. There can be 99 titles and 10
parts, although vts_XX_0.vob does not contain any video, usually
just menu or navigational information. You can find them on a DVD
video disc in a subdirectory labelled VIDEO_TS (all upper case).
read more about
what is VOB and VOB Converter. TOP
WMA - Windows Media Audio. Read more
about WMA
MP3 Converter. TOP
WMF - Windows Media Format files are
audio/video files encoded with the Windows Media Encoder, providing
high quality and media security for streaming and download-and-play
applications on PCs, set-top boxes, and portable devices. Windows
Media Format comprises Windows Media Audio and Video codecs, an
optional integrated digital rights management (DRM) system, and
a file container. TOP
WMP - Windows Media Player, a multimedia
audio and video player bundled with the Windows Operating System.
The player can play many different formats natively including WAV,
ASF, WMF, MPEG-1 and can play many types of AVI files if the codec
is installed including Divx. WMP can also play MPEG-2 with a third
party codec installed (like the ones installed by software DVD players
such as WinDVD and PowerDVD). TOP
WMV - Windows Media file with Audio
and/or Video (WMV): You can use a WMV file either to download and
play files or to stream content. The WMV file format is similar
to the ASF file format. Read more about Convert
WMV to DVD AVI Mpeg. TOP
XVCD - eXtended VCD, XVCD has same
features as VCD but it is possible to use higher bitrates and higher
resolution to get higher video quality. XVCD is basically everything
that uses MPEG-1 video, is not within the VCD standard, and burned
in "VCD" Mode on a CD-R or CD-R(W). XVCD can be played on some hardware
VCD or DVD players and many computers with appropriate software.
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XviD
- is an ISO MPEG-4 compliant video codec. It's not a product but
an open source project which is developed and maintained by people
around the world. Read more about AVI
Mpeg DivX XviD to DVD. TOP
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