full motion video
full motion video noun: video marketed as being of sufficient quality to make motion appear continuous to humans, considered to require at least 16 frames per second.
Noun
full motion video (countable and uncountable, plural full motion videos)
- Video marketed as being of sufficient quality to make motion appear continuous to humans, considered to require at least 16 frames per second.
- When most companies become involved in teleconferencing, usually their first interest is in full-motion video conferencing.1985, Steven Golen, C Glenn Pearce, Ross Figgins, Report writing for business and industry
- Originally, 72 minutes of partial-screen (one-eighth) full-motion video could be stored. These pictures are fairly coarse — worse than low-quality VCR...1989 November, “Coming for Personal Computers: Full-motion Video”, in Popular Science, volume 235, number 5
- Synonyms:
- FMV
- In-game footage that is pre-rendered, often using real-world scenes, as opposed to being rendered in-engine or in real time.
- Stored full-motion video is useful for messages and information dissemination, whereas live video can be used for direct interaction, medical applications, manufacturing applications, and a variety of other process control processes.1996, Prabhat K. Andleigh, Kiran Thakrar, Multimedia Systems Design, page 18
- In games, full motion video (FMV) truly began in the 16-bit era on the Amiga and Atari ST. Psygnosis, an innovative company that is now a distant memory, often put an awe-inspiring, beautifully rendered movie at the front ot their games.2004, Kevin Oxland, Gameplay and Design, page 161
Examples of full motion video in a sentence
- To digitize and store a 10 seconds clip of full motion video in a computer requires transfer of an enormous amount of data[…]1992, Association for Computing Machinery, Computer Graphics:
- Privateer II had real actors in full motion video sequences doing all sorts of silly stuff.2005, William Abner, Gamer's Tome of Ultimate Wisdom 2006, page 125:
- Full motion video (FMV) is a popular term for pre-recorded TV-quality movie or animation in a video game.2007, Jielin Dong, Network Dictionary, page 206:
- Enter the Full Motion Video (FMV) game – in which pre-recorded video was used to display action – and the seminal title Star Trek: Bee on the Bridge.2017, Nate Crowley, 100 Best Video Games (That Never Existed), page 50:
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Forms of full motion video
| plural | full motion videos |
|---|---|
| alternative form | full-motion video |
Questions about full motion video
- What does full motion video mean?
- Full motion video means video marketed as being of sufficient quality to make motion appear continuous to humans, considered to require at least 16 frames per second.
- How do you use full motion video in a sentence?
- To digitize and store a 10 seconds clip of full motion video in a computer requires transfer of an enormous amount of data[…]
- What part of speech is full motion video?
- Full motion video is a noun.
- What is the plural of full motion video?
- The plural of full motion video is full motion videos.
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