Video Glossary

Browse 7 video terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

7 Video Terms

Deepfake
Synthetic media created using deep learning that convincingly replaces a person's likeness in images or video. Named after a Reddit user who popularized...
FFmpeg
A widely used open-source multimedia toolkit for processing, transcoding, streaming, and converting audio and video.
Live Streaming
The real-time broadcast of video and audio over the internet to an audience, often on platforms such as Twitch, YouTube, or custom infrastructure. In tech...
OBS Studio
An open-source application for video recording, live streaming, and scene-based media production.
PeerTube
A federated open-source video-hosting platform designed as an alternative to centralized video services.
PipeWire
A multimedia server for Linux intended to handle audio and video routing in a modern unified way.
WebCodecs
A low-level browser API that provides direct access to hardware video and audio encoders and decoders, allowing frame-by-frame control over media processing...

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