720 or 640 resolution?

[Bear]

Hi all,

I notice some people enocode their video to 720x480 and others encode their video as 640x480. Which resolution you like more?

[Prettz]

Which ever is best for movie I'm doing and the quality I'm doing it at. 720 seems a bit much unless you're going for a perfect archival-quality DVD copy.

[Slogra]

I would go for 704 (multiple of 32), but only if i had bits to spare. I would cut off exactly 16 pixels total on either size, so the movie isn't resized horizontally. Besides those sides contain a lot of black anyway.

[Blueseb]

Originally posted by Slogra
I would go for 704 (multiple of 32), but only if i had bits to spare. I would cut off exactly 16 pixels total on either size, so the movie isn't resized horizontally. Besides those sides contain a lot of black anyway.
furthermore, if you're going to watch it on a pc, when cropping to 704 you don't loose so much 'cause normally vertical borders wouldn't be showed on a tv due to overscan

[Selur]

I too go for 704 since I normally go for quality 2CD Rips ;)

Cu Selur

[Rober2D2]

Correct Resolutions are 720*540 if source is 4:3 and 720*405 if source is 16:9. This is anyway resolution without cropping (I suppose that source is a DVD).

For 4:3 films, you should use 720*540 or 640*480. If you use 720*480 you are distorting the image. I normally use 640*480 for 4:3 films, and 720*height if height is no more than 400. Using 720*540 would result in a film difficult to play in many computers

[mf]

Bah, why a choice between two lame resolutions. :p 768x576 forever!!111 :D

[Nic]

Unfortunatly this is one of those "what's best" threads which is against the forum rules. What's best is what's best to your eyes and for the particular film. Use GKnot or similar for compression testing etc.

Thread Closed.

-Nic