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DVD+RW	Is a rewriteable 12 cm optical disc with a capacity of 4.7GB per side developed as an alternative to DVD-RAM by Philips and Pioneer. It is not an official DVD format, but is compatible with a large number of player units.
DVD-Video	Is a format capable of holding up to 133 minutes of high quality video, with 5.1 surround sound, multi-language support, subtitles and multiple camera angles etc.
FPS	Stands for Frames Per Second, i.e. Film = 24 FPS, NTSC = 29.97 FPS and PAL/SECAM = 25 FPS.
HDTV	High Definition Television, set to become the next standard in broadcasting.
HQ-VCD	Higher Quality VCD, based on MPEG-2 encoding. The HQ-VCD, a.k.a SVCD's only drawback to this format Is its smaller storage capacity.
IDMA	Stands for Interactive Digital Media Association
IEEE	Stands for The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISO	Stands for International Standardisation Organisation.
ISO-10149	Yellow Book CD-ROM specification.
ISO-10646	Universal Character Set
ISO 11172	MPEG standard for encoding video
ISO 13818	MPEG-2 standard for digital television applications used for DVD-Video.
ISO 9002	Standard for technical quality, applies to manufacturing.
ISO 9660	Standard for PC CD-ROM file system.
LPCM	Stands for Linear Pulse Code Modulation, one of the audio coding formats for DVD-Video.
miniDVD	CDRW encoded with DVD video. The format's biggest drawback is that it can only hold about 15 minutes of material.
MKB	Stands for Media Key Block, a copy protection scheme used for DVD-Audio and DVD recordable discs.
MMCD	Stands for Multi Media CD, the ancestor of DVD.
MOV	Is Apple's video file format extension, a.k.a. Quicktime.
MP@ML	Stands for Main Profile at Main Level, the MPEG-2 profile for standard TV quality DVD video.
MP+	Is another attempt at upgrading MP3 for higher quality audio compression.
MPEG	Stands for Motion Picture Experts Group.
MPEG-LA	Stands for Motion Picture Experts Group Licensing Authority
MPEG-1	Is MPEG standard 11172, designed for CD-ROM applications.
MPEG-2	Is MPEG standard 13818, designed for broadcast TV applications.
MP3	MPEG-1 layer 3 audio encoding, used to compress audio on CD-ROMs and for downloading via the Internet.
Muxing	is the opposite of demuxing. it is the joining of various separately saved elements that comprise a whole file.

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