Sony VAIO Digital Studio PCV-RX490TV User Manual page 51

Giga Pocket Glossary of Terms
Giga Pocket Personal Video Recorder software uses terms that may be
unfamiliar. The most common terms and their definitions are listed below.
Cabinet
CATV
Clip
Cut
Expiration date
Film roll
GOP
Management
information
MPEG file
Playlist
Safety Tab
Slip play
Snapshot
Stand by mode
STB
A cabinet acts as a container for Video Capsules in Video
Explorer.
Refers to Community Access Television, otherwise known as
cable television.
A clip is a Video Capsule when it is stored in a Playlist.
A cut is a selected scene taken from a previously recorded
Video Capsule.
A Video Capsule is stored on the hard disk drive for a preset
period of time. When this time has expired, the Video
Capsule is automatically deleted.
During Video Capsule playback, a snapshot view of the
scenes are captured on a film roll. You can scroll freely
through the film roll to view different scenes.
Group of Pictures (GOP) are the smallest unit of measure for
the images captured on a Video Capsule. A single GOP is
approximately 0.5 to 1 second in length.
Management information contains the creation date of Video
Capsules and their thumbnails - information that is required
for preview.
A file that contains compressed moving pictures using the
MPEG standard, with .mpg as the file name extension.
A Playlist is a collection of cuts that you can select from
recorded Video Capsules. The Playlist feature allows you to
design playback of your selected scenes.
Removing the safety tab from a Video Capsule prevents
accidental erasing of your video data.
This feature allows you to view delayed video playback. While
your recording is in progress, you are able to view the
recording from the beginning.
A snapshot is a miniature view displayed on the film roll in
Giga Video Recorder, Playlist Builder, and the preview
monitor in Video Explorer.
Standby mode is power saving mode that is set using
Windows operating system. Your computer stays in this
power saving mode until approximately 5 minutes before the
timer recording is due to begin.
Refers to set-top box, otherwise known as cable box.
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