
When Downloading Bollywood Movies, it is
important to understand all the terminology.
There is lots of jargon in downloading - so
we've put together this quick guide:
DVD: "Digital Versatile
Disc" or "Digital Video Disc" - these are discs that look
like compact discs (CDs) but hold much more data and are
used now for storing movies, although recordable ones can
be used for storing your music and computer files.
Obviously when people talk about downloading a DVD they
really mean downloading the movie, not the disc
itself! (The internet is clever but it can't yet
transport solid matter from one place to another!)
DivX: developed by
DivXNetworks, it is a file format that enables movies to be
downloaded much faster without losing any picture quality -
just to confuse matters DivX is based on MPEG-4
technology!
MPEG-4: this is a set of
standards for a file for video and audio, put together by
the "Moving Picture Experts Group" (hence MPEG) and yes,
you guessed it, it is their 4th version.
MP3: short for "MPEG Audio
Layer 3" - aha! our MPEG friends again. This file
format is for digital audio, it uses a compression method
that means smaller file sizes, but cleverly most people
can't notice the reduction in quality. So it's great
for downloading music and playing on an MP3 player.
P2P: short for
peer-to-peer, it is a form of computer network that does
not rely on a client and server, but each computer is a
peer or equal - great for downloading movies and
music! See our help page
for more info.
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