Component Television Format Names - Quantum Data 802BT User Manual

Component television format names

802BT/802R Video Test Generator User Guide
Common composite TV formats with sub-carriers and their respective standards:
• NTSC - ITU-R BT.470-6
• NTSC# - SMPTE 170M
• NTSC#KA - SMPTE 170M
• PAL - ITU-R BT.470-6
• PAL# - ITU-R BT.470-6
• PAL#KA - ITU-R BT.470-6
• SECAM
Component television formats are named by their vertical resolution and scanning
method. These formats apply to RGB, YPbPr, YcbCr and HD-SDI video. In component
television format naming, the first three or four characters indicate the active vertical lines
in the format, the next characters indicate the frame tracing method, and the last two
optional characters indicate the frame rate.
Example:
4 8 0 i 2 x 2 9
Active Frame Double
vertical tracing clocking
lines method
Active vertical lines
• 480 (active lines with 525 total lines)
• 1035 (active lines with 1125 total lines)
Frame tracing methods
• p = progressive
• i = interlaced
• s = segmented frame interlace (e.g. 1080s24, where a 24p frame is segmented into two
interlaced fields occurring at twice the frame rate - scene changes only between field
pairs – also known as "48sF")
• x = any – progressive, interlace, or segmented
Frame
rate
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