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Sample Rate

The number of audio samples taken per second. Popular values include 8,000 samples per seconds for telephone / AM radio quality or 44,100 samples per second for CD quality audio.

SCART

SCART is an acronym for Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radio Récepteurs et Téléviseurs. SCART usually refers to the SCART plug and socket, which is a popular method for connecting television and video equipment. The SCART connector carries the video signal (in several formats) and audio.

Selected

Layer items that have been clicked on are said to be selected. Many operations only work on selected layer items. Selected layer items are drawn in dark blue.

See also: Focus, Unselected

SMPTE

SMPTE is an acronym for Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. A method of displaying time in the timecode. SMPTE can be displayed in non-drop or drop frame formats.

See also: SMPTE non-drop, SMPTE drop frame, Timecode

SMPTE non-drop

This format works well when dealing with source and destination video which has an integer number of frames per second. The format can also be used with the NTSC frame rate (29.97 frames per second), however users should be aware of the potential problems with time slipping when using this representation.

See also: SMPTE drop frame

SMPTE drop frame

This format is only available for the NTSC frame rate (29.97 frames per second) and is used to avoid the time slipping problems associated with the SMPTE non-drop timecode.

See also: SMPTE non-drop

Stereo (Audio)

Two channels of audio, separated in to left and right channels.

See also: Mono

S-Video

A method of sending video down a multi-wire cable. S-Video sends the colour and brightness signals separately down the cable, which leads to a better picture quality than composite video or UHF.

See also: Composite Video, UHF