I've noticed for a while that the HQ iPlayer stuff (not the HD) is encoded at 832x468. (recent example: Australian F1, or pretty much every single high quality iPlayer video you look at). No complaints about the actual PQ, just really curious as to the technical decisions that led to this target output res.
Is it some convoluted compromise to do with broadcast Pixel Aspect Ratios and square pixel conversion for H.264 encode or is there some other reason? Part of me always gets angsty not seeing 720x404 as the resolution if I measure whatever I'm watching ;) All insight appreciated... - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
