Sony DCR-SR300C - Manual (Page 127)

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Glossary
x 5.1ch surround sound
A system that plays back sound on 6 speakers, 3 at
the front (left, right and center) and 2 at the rear
(right and left) with an additional low-pass
subwoofer counted as a 0.1 channel for
frequencies of 120 Hz or lower.
x Dolby Digital
An audio encoding (compression) system
developed by Dolby Laboratories Inc.
x Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator
Sound compression technology developed by
Dolby Laboratories Inc. which compresses audio
efficiently while preserving high sound quality. It
enables recording of 5.1ch surround sound while
using hard disk space more efficiently. DVDs
created by Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator can be
played back on a compatible DVD device. You
can enjoy more realistic sound by playing the
movie on the device that supports 5.1ch surround
sound.
x Fragmentation
The condition of a hard disk in which files are
divided into pieces scattered around the hard disk.
You may not save your images correctly. You can
solve the condition by performing
[
FORMAT] (p. 49).
x JPEG
JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts
Group, a still image data compression (data
capacity reduction) standard. Your camcorder
records still images in JPEG format.
x MPEG
MPEG stands for Moving Picture Experts Group,
the group of standards for the coding (image
compression) of video (movie) and audio. There
are MPEG1 and MPEG2 formats. Your
camcorder records movies with SD (standard
definition) image quality in MPEG2 format.
x Thumbnail
Reduced-size images which enable you to view
many images at the same time. “VISUAL
INDEX” use a thumbnail display system.
x VBR
VBR stands for Variable Bit Rate, the recording
format for automatically controlling the bit rate
(the volume of recording data in a given time
segment) according to the scene being recorded.
For fast-moving video, a lot of hard disk space is
used to produce a clear image, so the recording
time to the hard disk shortens.
x VISUAL INDEX
This function displays images of movies and still
images you have recorded so that you can select
those scenes you want to play back.
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