[MPlayer-DOCS] CVS: main/DOCS/xml/en encoding-guide.xml, 1.19, 1.20

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Saturday, 17 September 2005 at 21:13, Rich Felker wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 04:45:02PM +0200, Guillaume POIRIER wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On 9/16/05, Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 10:40:52PM +0200, Guillaume Poirier CVS wrote:
> > > >
> > > > +  Xvid supports encoding profiles through the option <option>profile</option>,
> > > 
> > > XviD
> > > 
> > > I'd also prefer "profile option" over "option profile".
> > > 
> > > > +      <entry>Profile name</entry>
> > > > +      <entry>HDTV</entry>
> > > > +      <entry>Width [pixels]</entry>
> > > > +      <entry>1280</entry>
> > > > +      <entry>Height [pixels]</entry>
> > > > +      <entry>720</entry>
> > > 
> > > Hmm, I always thought that HDTV was 1920x1080 and not 1280x720...
> > 
> > The current information is correct as far as DivX is concerned. Here
> > is what the expert I contacted had to say :-):
> > 
> > "The DivX HD profile only supports up to 1280x720 30fps content.
> > Actual HD stuff is either 1280x720 or 1920x1080 and I'm not sure about
> > frame rates. The problem with 1920x1080 is that the height is not mod
> > 16, and it's a huge resolution. :) So 1280x720 is ample for the
> > moment, until we have monster PCs. :D But yes, that is confirmed for
> > DivX profiles. "
> 
> 1920x1080 is interlaced-only (thus actually it's 1920x540), and afaik
> divx profile does not include interlaced content.

Wikipedia says there's something like 1080p, although no TV station
broadcasts in that format yet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1080p

R.

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