NTSC DVD resolution

Christophe Massiot massiot at via.ecp.fr
Mon Oct 8 14:04:43 CEST 2001


On Sun, Oct 07, 2001, Rudolf Cornelissen wrote:

> The VLC always opens at 720x576 res mode by default. This is correct for PAL 
> DVD's (region 2), but for NTSC DVD's (region1) this should be 720x480 res.
> I know you can override the default window size, but this does not seem to 
> help because it looks like the movie is still resized while this should not 
> be. (Not every pixel is outputted 1:1 as it should be afaik).
> 
> A PAL movie does get outputted 1:1 in it's official resolution 720x576 
> however. The effects of playing a NTSC movie is extra roundoff and moire 
> artifacts on the screen. This is not (much less anyway) the case with PAL 
> dvd's.

This is already fixed in the latest CVS.

-- 
Christophe Massiot.




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