VideoHelp Forum




+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 3 of 3
  1. 20th Nov 2002 19:50 #1
    beehive
    beehive is offline
    Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2002
    Location
    Brisbane
    Search Comp PM
    I have been looking through the loads of great info on the site and I have some difficulty understanding the resolutions for different video files.

    From what I gather, the res for PAL is 352x288 for VCD and 480x576 for SVCD. I don't get why for SVCD the height is longer than the width. I suppose the height would be automatically resized when viewing on a TV, but wouldn't it look really weird when viewing it on a computer? What am I missing here?

    Also, are there any standards or recommendations for resolutions of DivX files?

    Thanks!
    Quote Quote  
  2. 20th Nov 2002 20:08 #2
    tonyp12
    tonyp12 is offline
    Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    Florida USA
    Search Comp PM
    A pixel on a TV is not square, plus a TV is interlaced.

    If you played it back on a computer and ignored the aspect ration
    when it will look a little stretched out.

    But a good media player adjust the aspect ratio on the fly while
    displaying.
    Quote Quote  
  3. 20th Nov 2002 20:32 #3
    beehive
    beehive is offline
    Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2002
    Location
    Brisbane
    Search Comp PM
    Originally Posted by tonyp12
    But a good media player adjust the aspect ratio on the fly while
    displaying.
    What would the aspect ratio be adjusted to and how does the player calculate it?
    Quote Quote  



Similar Threads

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Visit our sponsor! Try DVDFab and backup Blu-rays!