Re: [VCDImager] Newbie svcd quiestion

[Matto Marjanovic]

 >pixel aspect ratios are only relevant to MPEG 1
 >MPEG 2 uses display aspect ratios except the square pixel (==VGA) mode

So the standard says, but is that how it is used in practice?

Was my original statement true?  
 >> I was under the impression that it was "2/3 D1" --- i.e. scaled from 720
 >>  to 480 in width (and height stays 480/576 as appropriate for NTSC/PAL).

One place I got this from is "The Super Video CD FAQ".
  <http://www.uwasa.fi/~f76998/video/svcd/faq/>

If this is true, then SVCD's don't strictly adhere to the MPEG-2 spec,
 because a 720x480 frame with CCIR-601 pixels is not exactly 4:3.

-matt m.


ps:  If Andrew Stevens is reading, sorry to go through all this again.
     No one has yet come forth to say that the SVCD FAQ is wrong....