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Authoring platform
Entertainment; Video
Computer hardware and software used to create material for use on a multimedia system. The video quality of the authoring platform has to be high enough that the playback equipment is the limiting ...
Auto assembly
Entertainment; Video
A) Process of assembling an edited videotape on a computerised editing system under the control of an edit decision list (EDL). A computer automatically conforms source footage into an edited video ...
Automated measurement set
Entertainment; Video
Device that automatically performs tests on audio and video signals and generates pass/fail results by testing the signals against predetermined parameters.
Automatic
Entertainment; Video
In recorders, refers to either electrical or mechanical automatic bias switching devices.
Automatic colour correction (ACC)
Entertainment; Video
A circuit found in many consumer viewing devices that attempts to compensate for the “Never Twice the Same Color” broadcast problems. This circuit can go far beyond the Auto Tint function in that it ...
Automatic focus
Entertainment; Video
A feature on most consumer and industrial video cameras and camcorders that automatically makes minor focal length adjustments, thus freeing the videographer from focusing concerns.
Automatic frequency control (AFC)
Entertainment; Video
Automatic frequency control. Commonly used to lock onto and track a desired frequency.