The term
video
(from the
Latin
for "I see")
commonly
refers to
several
storage
formats for
moving
pictures:
digital
video
formats,
including
DVD,
QuickTime,
and
MPEG-4;
and
analog
videotapes,
including
VHS and
Betamax.
Video can be
recorded and
transmitted
in various
physical
media: in
magnetic
tape when
recorded as
PAL or
NTSC
electric
signals by
video
cameras,
or in
MPEG-4
or
DV
digital
media when
recorded by
digital
cameras.
Video clips are short
clips in
video format and predominantly found on the
internet where the massive influx of new video clips during
2006 has been dubbed as a new phenomenon having a profound impact on both the internet and other forms of
media. Sources for video clips include
news and
sporting events, historical videos,
music videos,
television programmes,
film trailers and
vlogs.The term is also more loosely used to mean any short video less than the length of a traditional television program.
3D-video,
digital
video in
three
dimensions,
premiered at
the end of
20th
century. Six
or eight
cameras with
realtime
depth
measurement
are
typically
used to
capture
3D-video
streams. The
format of
3D-video
is fixed in
MPEG-4
Part 16
Animation
Framework
eXtension (AFX).In
the
UK,
Australia,
and
New Zealand,
the term
video is
often used
informally
to refer to
both
video
recorders
and
video
cassettes;
the meaning
is normally
clear from
the context.
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