These terms relate to low quality compression gradings used on consumer models of DVD recorders. They are not applicable to professional DVD production.

Standard Play (SP) is the most common recording speed used for VHS tapes, including rental tapes. You get the best quality audio and video when using the SP tape speed. Video conversions will be best from SP VHS tapes. Long Play (LP) is a seldom used format, and has been removed from many VCRs. Extended Play (EP) or sometimes (XP) is the longest VHS recording speed. You can get up to 360 minutes of recording time on a T-120 video cassette. This saves money but reduces quality. See similar questions...

If you are hooking up two VCR's through a cable to dub a tape, there is always going to be a loss of quality. The loss will be greater when dubbing to EP (SLP) mode. If you are just getting the tapes for viewing and do not plan on trading them, all of my episodes are quite watchable dubbed in EP(SLP) mode. If your purpose of receiving tapes is to trade them with others, I strongly suggest getting them in SP mode. See similar questions...

Although one cannot list both unknown and hmm in the same converts clause, one could add another converts clause to the trait ConvertsTrait, stating that unknown is converted, relative to the other operators, which in that case include hmm. See similar questions...

stands for Adventure Points and are the way a delver's experience is kept track of so that they can increase their level and gain power as they adventure. Some T&T solos or adventures use the earlier term e.p., or experience points, which refers to AP. See similar questions...

Yes. Sony defined a 2 bit field in the original MD specification to indicate non-standard track codings, allowing players to ignore unknown track types (see the MDLP-mode bit in the fragment headers). Unfortunately, non-MDLP units seem rather to ignore the mode bits and will try to play the MDLP audio anyway. See similar questions...

Spoilers. When someone is posting spoilers regarding a book, film, or game -- this should be included (It's not automatic, like the *NM*, so you have to do it yourself). It is a warning to someone regarding the included comments. It is a nice-to-do thing. We like nice-to-do things. :-) See similar questions...

EP stands for Extended Play and applies to recordings released which are too long to qualify as singles, but too short to qualify as albums. Typically an album has 8+ tracks, a single 1-2, and an EP 4-7. See similar questions...

Currently, LP only runs on Unix machines. You can get an implementation of LP using the world-wide web, starting at the following URL. http://www.sds.lcs.mit.edu/spd/larch/LP/news/distribution.html You can also get an implementation by anonymous ftp from the following URL. ftp://ftp.sds.lcs.mit.edu/pub/Larch/LP/ See section 2. See similar questions...

If you are running LP under Unix, the Unix "quit" character (usually C-g, that's control-g) will interrupt LP's execution. See section 3.6 Can I change the erase character in LP?, for other characters that aid in editing interactive input to LP. See section 3.20 How can I develop a proof that I can replay later?, for a way to avoid tedium and much direct interaction with LP. See similar questions...

With traditional office space you often need an attorney to negotiate a complicated office lease before you can rent or lease an office. But using an HQ business center for your office space solution couldn't be easier, especially when compared to renting traditional office space. We have a one-page office agreement instead of a 20-page office space lease. See similar questions...

Book sizes are based on the practice of folding a large sheet of paper to create several pages. A traditional sized sheet (e.g., 25 x 38) which is folded twice to create four pages yealds a quarto (4to) sized book (measuring 12.5 x 19), a sheet folded three times to create eight pages yields an octavo (8vo) sized book (measuring 9.5 x 12.5), and so on. If you're mathematical, you'll notice that the number of pages is two raised to the number of folds (2**3 = 8). See similar questions...

The Department interprets "varied times" as at least 1 hour apart and "varied conditions" to mean during shift changes, meals, or bath time, etc. In cases where a facility's system is capable of running silently in the building while still transmitting a signal to the monitoring station or fire department verification of the receipt of signal should be concurrently documented as in all other drills. See similar questions...

The "My HQ" link in the left hand column stands for My Head Quarters. Walkers now have an automated way to solicit and track donations from friends and family. Customizable individual and team web pages boost participation and donations by encouraging friends to ask friends for support. For technical support regarding this Web site you may e-mail your questions to customersupport@kintera.com or call (858)795-3090. See similar questions...

Money HQ is a secure way to consolidate all of your online account information from different financial relationships and move money on the Internet. Money HQ provides you with the ability to consolidate your online financial account information into one site and to move money between accounts and individuals. There is a monthly service fee of $4.95 for use of the Money HQ Service. Learn more about Money HQ. See similar questions...