Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

(Beta) NUM

English translation:

Beta NUM

Added to glossary by Erik Macki
Jan 16, 2005 23:01
19 yrs ago
French term

NUM

French to English Tech/Engineering Media / Multimedia
Equipment list for a new multimedia center. Describing options available to users.

"Enregistrement vidéo sur DVCAM, VHS ou S-VHS ou beta SP ou NUM (en option)"

Could I say DVR for NUM?

Proposed translations

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(Beta) NUM

Because Beta SP and Beta Num are both trademarks and therefore proper nouns (like the term DVD itself), they should be left in the original. If you translate them, people ordering the media may end up ordering the wrong format.
Peer comment(s):

agree Didier Fourcot
3 hrs
agree writeaway
7 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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3 mins

Just say Digital recording (on a PC)

methinks :-)
Peer comment(s):

agree Tony M : Safest bet --- it might not be a stand-alone type of VR; also, I think DVR MAY be a proprietary term; certainly, different manufacturers call them different things...
2 hrs
Yup! Good point
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4 mins

DVR

seems OK to me (one more set of initials, after all)
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14 mins

DVR / Enrégtistreur de Voix Numérique (EVN)

Digital voice recorder/Enrégistreur de voix numérique

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Note added at 2 hrs 18 mins (2005-01-17 01:19:45 GMT)
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oops, typo! Enregistreur
Peer comment(s):

agree Johanne Bouthillier
1 hr
thank you
disagree Tony M : No, it is made clear in the context that this is a VIDEO recorder, which is not at all the same thing as an EVN / D Voice R!
2 hrs
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6 hrs

Digi Beta

As opposed to "Beta SP".

Description. this a photorealistic HDTV video Tape (Beta SP and Beta Num are
exactly the same, you just have to get the beta SP or Num logo) ...
www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/ Index.cfm/ID/221878/Action/FullPreview

Betacam . Widely-used, high-quality videotape format: a professional equivalent of the familiar domestic VHS format. Betacam SP was the dominant format in broadcast TV production, though it has now largely given way to digital production, often on Digital Betacam - "Digi Beta" - see appendix on technical standards. Betacam's long dominance for broadcast work continues, though in the non-broadcast world the excellent quality and lower costs of other formats including DVCPro, DVCam, D9 (Digital S), and even domestic DV pose a threat …

… Digital Betacam - 1/2" component from Sony, using 2:1 data compression. The dominant format. Digi Beta machines can play back earlier Betacam formats, so that archive footage can easily be incorporated into current production. …

… Traditional analogue production systems are currently being replaced by digital systems, though organisations with large investments in analogue equipment will no doubt keep it running as long as possible. Of the main analogue systems, only Betacam SP retains a significant place in the production sector.

Betacam SP (component): Once dominant for broadcast both for production and as an edit format, and still widely used for promotional video programmes. Broadcast quality in its original "BVW" version, though to extend its dominance Sony introduced two lower cost variants, known as PVW and UVW.

www.grapevinecommunications.co.uk/ buyersguide/Appendices/Glossary/glossary.htm

Common shooting formats are Beta and Digi-Beta. SD footage can be captured and
edited either uncompressed (offline) or compressed (online). ...
www.gearbox.com/support/videoformats.html

Analog formats include VHS, S-VHS, Hi 8 and Beta SP. Digital formats are Mini
DV, DV, Digi-Beta, DVCAM, DVCPRO and Digital-S. Tripods. ...
www.sorenson.com/learn/vid_prod_equipment.php
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