[mythtv-users] standard capture size?

Isaac Richards ijr at po.cwru.edu
Thu Jul 10 17:12:42 EDT 2003


On Thursday 10 July 2003 04:02 pm, Richard Schelin wrote:
> So this brings a few things to mind, why is the highest resolution that
> MythTv supports 720x480 (As I remember these were the numbers)  Shouldn't
> it be something over 704x576?

Highest vertical resolution in NTSC is 480, highest in PAL is 576.

> Would I gain in performance by recording as close to the native format as
> possible...704x480?

No.  I've never heard of anyone not able to capture at 30fps (or 25fps in PAL 
land) at lower resolutions.

Isaac


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