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Glossary
The most common terms for Giga Pocket Personal Video Recorder software are defined below.
Cabinet A cabinet acts as a container for Video Capsules in Giga Pocket Explorer. A network cabinet is located on
other computers in a network environment.
CATV Refers to Community Access Television, otherwise known as cable television.
Clip A clip is a movie or image that serves as video content material.
Expiration date 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.
Film roll 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.
HotSync ® Registered trade name for the method of linking between a handheld device and a larger computer, such
as a desktop or notebook computer.
Management information Management information contains the creation date of Video Capsules and their thumbnails.
This information is required for preview.
MPEG file A file that contains compressed moving pictures using the MPEG standard, with.mpg as the file name
extension.
Safety Tab Removing the safety tab from a Video Capsule prevents accidental erasing of your video data.
Slip play 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.
Snapshot A snapshot is a miniature view displayed on the film roll in Giga Pocket ® and the preview monitor in Giga
Pocket Explorer.
Stand by mode Stand by mode is a power saving mode that is set up by using the Windows ® operating system. Your
computer stays in this power saving mode until approximately 5 minutes before the timer recording is due to begin.
STB Refers to set-top box, also known as a cable or satellite box.
Thumbnail A thumbnail is a miniature view on recorded Video Capsules or in playback by Giga Pocket. The main
thumbnail is displayed in calendar view or in the Giga Pocket Explorer list area.
Timer recording A timer recording is a preset video recording event.
Video Capsule A Video Capsule is a virtual container that holds the video images recorded with Giga Pocket Recorder. A
Video Capsule is created on your computer hard disk drive and managed with Giga Pocket Explorer.
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