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24 frames per second

Entertainment; Video

International standard for motion picture film shooting and projection, though film shot for television in 625 scanningline countries is usually shot at 25 frames per second (even if not, it is ...

25 frames per second

Entertainment; Video

Frame rate of television in all countries not conforming to CCIR system M (NTSC). Also the frame rate of film shot for television in those countries.

29.97 frames per second

Entertainment; Video

Frame rate of NTSC colour television, changed from 30 so that the colour subcarrier could be interleaved between both the horizontal line frequency and the sound carrier.

30 frames per second

Entertainment; Video

Frame rate of NTSC prior to color. Frame rate of the ATSC/SMPTE HDEP standard. A potential new film standard.

3-perf

Entertainment; Video

A concept for saving money on film stock by shooting each 35 mm frame in an area covered by three perforations rather than four. The savings is more than enough to compensate for switching from 24 ...

45 mbps

Entertainment; Video

Nominal data rate of the third level of the hierarchy of ISDN in North America. See also DS3.

4fsc

Entertainment; Video

Composite digital video as used in D2 and D3 VTRs. Stands for four times the frequency of subcarrier, which is the sampling rate used. In NTSC, 4FSC is 14.3 MHz and in PAL it is 17.7 MHz.

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