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  PAL DVD Specs

  Posted by Mark Walczak on March 31, 2009 at 12:18 am

  Help me Cow!

  I’m in the US doing a project for someone in the UK and was wondering what the specs were for PAL DVDs. The client wants the final video to be widescreen. What’s the resolution, pixel aspect ratio, etc? What is the square pixel equivalent (i.e. 720×540 square = 720×480 rectangular)?

  Thanks a bunch!

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  Mark Walczak replied 17 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  Bill Stephan

  March 31, 2009 at 8:06 pm

  Anamorphic at 720×576 pixels (non-square), which translates to 768×576 square pixels.

  Bill Stephan
  Senior Editor/DVD Author
  USA Studios
  New York City
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  Mark Walczak

  March 31, 2009 at 11:39 pm

  Thanks, Bill! So, if I work at 768×432, square, I’ll be able to easily translate it to anamorphic PAL widescreen?

  Thank you so much for your patience!

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  Bill Stephan

  April 6, 2009 at 4:26 pm

  No. You need to start at 1024×576 square pixels and resize down to 720×576.

  Bill Stephan
  Senior Editor/DVD Author
  USA Studios
  New York City
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  Mark Walczak

  April 6, 2009 at 5:48 pm

  Gotcha – thanks!

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