Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1700)

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Video Formats
This appendix covers the following:
 Characteristics of Video Formats (p. 349)
 Video Formats Supported by Final Cut Pro (p. 366)
 Types of Video Signals and Connectors (p. 369)
 A Brief History of Film, Television, and Audio Formats (p. 373)
Characteristics of Video Formats
All video formats achieve the same basic goal: they store black-and-white or color
information as electronic lines that make up a video frame. The number of video frames
recorded per second varies depending on the video standard the format supports (for
example, NTSC formats are recorded at 29.97 fps; PAL formats are recorded at 25 fps).