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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.

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