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Glossary

*1

Manufactured under license from Dolby

Laboratories. “Dolby” and the double-D symbol

are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

*2

“DTS” and “DTS Digital Out” are registered

trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.

Analog audio Direct representation of sound by an

electrical signal. See also Digital audio.

Aspect ratio The width of a TV screen relative to its

height. Conventional TVs are 4:3;

widescreen models are 16:9.

Digital audio Indirect representation of sound using

numbers. See also Sampling frequency

and Analog audio.

Dolby

Digital

*1

A multi-channel audio encoding system

developed by Dolby Laboratories that

enables far more audio to be stored on a

disc than PCM encoding. See also PCM

(Pulse Code Modulation).

DRM

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WMA)

DRM (Digital Rights Management) copy

protection is a technology designed to

prevent unauthorized copying by

restricting playback, etc. of material on

devices other the PC (or other WMA

recording equipment) used to record it.

For detailed information, please see the

instruction manuals or help files that

came with your PC (or other WMA

recording equipment) and/or software.

DTS

*2

A multi-channel audio encoding system

developed by Digital Theater Systems

that enables far more audio to be stored

on a disc than PCM encoding. See also

PCM (Pulse Code Modulation)

.

EXIF

(Exchangeable

Image File)

A file format developed by Fuji Photo

Film for digital still cameras. Digital

cameras from various manufacturers

use this compressed file format which

carries date, time and thumbnail

information, as well as the picture data.

File extension

A tag added to the end of a filename to

indicate the type of file. For example,

“.mp3” indicates an MP3 file.

ISO 9660

format

International standard for the volume

and file structure of CD-ROM discs.

JPEG

A standard file format used for still

images. JPEG files are identified by the

file extension “.jpg”.

MP3

MP3 (MPEG1 audio layer 3) is a

compressed stereo audio file format.

Files are recognized by their file

extension “.mp3”.

MPEG audio

An audio format used on Video CD/

Super VCDs and some DVD discs.

PBC

(PlayBack

Control)

A system of navigating a Video CD/

Super VCD through on-screen menus

recorded onto the disc.

PCM

(Pulse Code

Modulation)

Digital audio encoding system found on

CDs. Good quality, but requires a lot of

data compared to Dolby Digital, DTS

and MPEG encoded audio. See also

Digital audio

.

Progressive

scan video

All the lines that make up a video picture

are updated in one pass (compared to

interlace which takes two passes to

update the whole picture).

Regions

These associate DVD-Video discs and

players with particular areas of the

world. See

DVD-Video regions

on

page 37 for more information.

Sampling

frequency

The rate at which sound is measured to

be turned into digital audio data. The

higher the rate, the better the sound

quality. CD is 44.1 kHz; DVD can be up

to 96 kHz. See also

Digital audio

.

WMA

WMA is short for Windows Media Audio

and refers to an audio compression

technology developed by Microsoft

Corporation. Files are recognized by

their file extension “.wma”.

Microsoft, Windows Media, and the

Windows logo are trademarks, or

registered trademarks of Microsoft

Corporation in the United States and/or

other countries.

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