Re: [rtcweb] Video resolution SHOULDs (Re: resolutions in draft-cbran-rtcweb-codec-01)

Ralph Giles <giles@thaumas.net> Tue, 29 November 2011 18:50 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Video resolution SHOULDs (Re: resolutions in draft-cbran-rtcweb-codec-01)
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On 29 November 2011 10:30, Bran, Cary <cary.bran.standards@gmail.com> wrote:

>   o  If VP8, then MUST support a the bilinear and none reconstruction
>      filters

s/ a//

>   o  Resolutions of 1920X1080, 1280x720, 720x480,
>      1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, 640 x 360
>
>   o  A PAL resolution of 576 lines."

I would suggest just adding 720x576 to the list of resolutions.
There's no reason to single out PAL.

If the NTSC and PAL resolutions are confusing, you could try to say
something about pixel aspect ratios, interlacing, etc. Not sure if
that level detail is helpful or not.

 -r