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ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY USER GUIDE 47
lDVD MovieFactory
Glossary
Analog
A signal that continuously varies in
frequency/quantity, rather than
discrete units found in digital devices.
Information from an analog source
must be converted to digital in order
for a computer to interpret it.
Aspect Ratio
The proportion of a picture’s width
and height.
Burn
The process of writing or recording
content to a CD or DVD.
Button
An object assigned to an attribute
which, when clicked, performs a
specific function. Buttons are
commonly used to play an assigned
chapter or move to the next or
previous one.
Compression
The process of making a file smaller.
Nearly all digital video is compressed
in some way or another through a
codec.
Device Control
A software driver that allows your
computer to control video sources like
the camcorder.
DV
Abbreviation for Digital Video, which
is a very specific format of video. DV
can be played back/recorded by your
computer if you have the proper
hardware (capture card) and software
(DV codec).
Disc image files
Files that contain the entire content of
a storage medium (e.g. CD-ROM).
Field order
The order in which a field in interlaced
video is displayed first during
playback. This can either be Lower
Field First or Upper Field First. A field
is one of the two half-frames in
interlaced video. Field order is not
applicable for frame-based videos
which are displayed with complete
single frame pictures.
HDV
Abbreviation for High Definition
Video. It is the video recording format
that allows for high data compression,
and in turn allows for higher picture
resolutions. HDV can go up to 1920 x
1080 in resolution.
Introductory Video
The video clip that plays when the
disc is inserted into the player.