Video Conversion in Linux for DVD Creation

[Luke -Jr]

On Thursday 16 August 2007, Monty J. Harder wrote:
> On 8/16/07, Luke -Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> > > That is, a television which is not widescreen, and can be described
> > > *without* using the numbers 720 or 1080.
> >
> > PAL? That's Europe only, isn't it? ;)
> >
> > (classic NTSC has always been 720i)
>
> No it hasn't.  It's 486 visible lines, of which a few often get lost off
> the top or bottom; most people round off as 480 lines and 640 columns
> actual viewable area.

You're measuring the height. The width is 720. When transcoded for a computer, 
it is often scaled to 640x480 for square pixels.