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Advanced tv (ATV)
Entertainment; Video
Although sometimes used interchangeably, advanced and high-definition television hdtv are not one and the same. Advanced television (ATV) would distribute wide-screen television signals with ...
Audio video kernel (AVK)
Entertainment; Video
DVI system software designed to play motion video and audio across hardware and operating system environments.
Background video
Entertainment; Video
1) Video that forms a background scene into which a key may be inserted. 2) A solid colour video output generated by the background generator within a device, such as a production switcher, for use ...
Society of motion picture and television engineers (SMPTE)
Entertainment; Video
There is an SMPTE time code standard (hr:min:sec:frame) used to identify video frames.
Integrated services digital networks (ISDN)
Entertainment; Video
A CCITT term for a relatively new telecommunications service package. ISDN is basically the telephone network turned all-digital end to end, using existing switches and wiring (for the most part) ...
Key frame
Entertainment; Video
A video frame in which all of the video information is recorded in compressed fashion. If the clip has a large amount of motion, better playback will occur with every frame being a Key Frame. If ...
Keying
Entertainment; Video
The process of replacing part of one video image with video from another image. As opposed to mixing images together, keying "cuts" one image cleanly into another.
