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premastering [2 records]

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Record 1 2006-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

In video production, the process of assembly, evaluation, revision, and coding of intermediate materials, resulting in a fully coded video tape used for the videodisc mastering process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
DEF

En production vidéo, étapes du rassemblement, de l'évaluation, de la révision et du codage du matériel intermédiaire destiné à créer une bande vidéo entièrement codée employée pour le matriçage des vidéodisques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Audio Technology
DEF

The process of preparing data to be recorded into a compact disc.

OBS

This includes dividing data into sections and recording those sections with the appropriate header (address) and error correction information. In the case of recordable CD systems, premastering and mastering are done in one operation, resulting in a ready-to-read compact disc.

OBS

mastering: the process of creating a glass master from which compact discs will be reproduced in quantity.

OBS

glass master: master for CD production. Pits representing the digital information on a CD are physically etched as pits in the glass. A mold is made from the glass master, in which the CD's are subsequently molded.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Première étape du pressage qui consiste à rassembler les informations sur [une matrice] du type CD ou DLT [Digital Linear Tape : bande linéaire numérique] pour la mastérisation.

Spanish

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