Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences



Video Format
Standards


 
 
Video Formats
 
  Image Size  

Format

Pixels
Across
Lines
Down
FPS Aspect
Ratio
H.261 H.263 H.264
 
Sub-QCIF 128 96     Optional Required  
QCIF 176 144     Required Required Required
CIF 352 288     Optional Optional Optional
2CIF 352 576     N/A Annex W Optional
4CIF 704 576     N/A Optional Optional
16CIF 1408 1152     N/A Optional Optional
 
SIF 352 240 60        
2SIF 352 480 60        
4SIF 704 480 60        
 
NTSC 720 525 30,60        
PAL 352 288 25,50        
SECAM 352 288 25,50        
 

High Definition:

 
480i 640 480 30 4:3     Optional
480i 704 480 30 4:3     Optional
480i 704 480 30 16:9     Optional
 
480p 640 480 24,30,60 4:3     Optional
480p 704 480 24,30,60 4:3     Optional
480p 704 480 24,30,60 16:9     Optional
 
720p 1280 720 24,30,60 16:9     Optional
 
1080i 1920 1080 30 16:9     Optional
 
1080p 1920 1080 24,30 16:9     Optional
 
 
Term

Definition

   
CIF Common Intermediate Format
SIF Standard Interchange Format
   
NTSC National Television System Committee (Americas)
PAL Phase Alternating Line (European)
SECAM Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire (France)
   
H.26x Video compression codec standard
FPS Frames Per Second (Hz)
Aspect Ratio Image width to height ratio
High Def i interlaced scan lines
High Def p progressive (non-interlaced) scan lines
   

 

 
 

Last updated on November 09, 2007
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