glossary of terms

Video formats:
Video format is electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.

Streaming:
Streaming" multimedia allows the user to begin viewing video clips stored on our server, without first downloading the entire file. After a short period of stopping and buffering, the file will begin to stream - or play - in real time.

File compression:
An algorithm or scheme used to compress or shrink a file. A file in compressed form must first be uncompressed or transformed before it can be read, displayed, or used. Files available through anonymous FTP are often stored in compressed form and must be treated as binary files.

Aspect ratio 4:3 6:9:
there are two common TV screen shapes that people will recognise squarish shape of a conventional TV and today’s HDTV widescreen. The term aspect ratio is used to describe TV screen shape. Small TV’s have a 4:3 aspect ratio and LCD HD TV’s have a 16:9 ratio.

Frame rates:
Frame rates are a number of frames and images of a movie are displayed every second.