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Title	Time stamp
Text to be translated Submitted by ramarren	Source language: English Each packet in an FLV streams contains a 'time stamp', and each time stamp represents one millisecond (or 1/1000 of a second). So a packet with time stamp 500 will display half-a-second into the video, and a packet with time stamp 23,000 will display 23 seconds into a video.
Remarks about the translation	I need to know exactly what in this context means the phrase "into the video". Is this means "the package appears inside the video within N seconds" or "the package lasts for N seconds"?

30 April 2010 09:27

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		30 April 2010 09:29
	ramarren Number of messages: 291	Please, look at this CC: Lein lilian canale kafetzou Tantine
		30 April 2010 10:53
	Lein Number of messages: 3389	The way I interpret this is: A packet with time stamp 500 will appear after the video has been going on for half a second. For a packet with time stamp 23,000, the packet will start after the first 23 seconds of the video. So I think your first suggested interpretation is the right one. If the time stamp would indicate a duration, the phrasing would have been something like 'will display for 23 seconds in (or during) the video'. Hope this helps
		30 April 2010 11:28
	ramarren Number of messages: 291	Lein Thanks! You really helped me. I just wonder is this a normal thing to use the construction "to do smth INTO a smth". I have never seen anything like that before... Fo you think "INTO" may mean "AFTER" or "WITHIN"?... CC: Lein
		30 April 2010 15:48
	Lein Number of messages: 3389	You're welcome I think your confusion is because of the way you are reading the sentence. You are right - 'to do something INTO a something' is never (or maybe very rarely) used. I don't think I have ever seen it. (Unless in cases like where you put something into a bowl.) However, in this construction, 'into' is connected to the time (23 seconds) and stands completely loose from the verb. In the same way, it is very common for a football commentator to say that the goal happened "35 minutes into the game". So yes, in this case I think 'after 23 seconds of video, (with)in the video'. Does that make it any clearer? Good luck!
		30 April 2010 12:10
	ramarren Number of messages: 291	Thank you very much, Leinm I've got it!
		30 April 2010 15:56
	ramarren Number of messages: 291	I ask an administrator to close this issue. Thank you.
		30 April 2010 16:33
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972	Do you mean you don't want the translation anymore?
		30 April 2010 16:39
	ramarren Number of messages: 291	lilian canale Exactly. I've got the explanation which is enough for me.
		30 April 2010 17:07
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	Lein is correct.
		2 May 2010 14:28
	soleil Number of messages: 41	wiki: " A timestamp is the time at which an event is recorded by a computer, not the time of the event itself."