Movie Files
- QuickTime
- A motion video standard created
by Apple. They have an entire QuickTime web site to explain it. QuickTime
video sequences can contain an audio track and are stored as .MOV files.
- MOV
- Apple QuickTime MOVie file format.
- Movie clip - A sequence of motion captured in AVI, MOV or MPEG format.
Some digital cameras can capture short movie sequences, some can also record
the sound.
- MPEG
- Motion JPEG - A video sequence composed of a sequence of JPEG
compressed images. Abbreviated to MPEG (see MEG below).
- The digital video compression standard agreed upon by the Motion Picture
Expert Group, from the motion picture-computer industry.
- MPEG-EX
- Motion JPEG movie file created by Sony cameras. This was the
first motion video recording sequence mode that was limited in length only by
the amount of available storage space.
- MPEG-HQX
- Motion JPEG movie file created by year 2002 Sony cameras
that incorporates the MPEG-HQ (high quality, full-screen) and the unlimited
recording capability of MPEG-EX in 320x240 resolution.
- MPEG-VX
- Motion JPEG movie file created by year 2003 Sony digicams.
It is VGA resolution (640x480) at 16fps with audio and the length is limited
only by available storage space.
- HDTV
- High Definition Television. New video "standard" that
will resolve 1,125 lines in the United States instead of the traditional 525
lines of the NTSC standard.
- Frame
- One of the still pictures that make up a video.
- Frame rate
- The number of frames that are shown or sent each second.
Live action relates to a frame rate of 30 frames per second.
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