Re: [Mjpeg-users] y4mscaler: Upsampling to widescreen

2005-12-06 Thread Michael Hanke
Am Dienstag 06 Dezember 2005 08.29 schrieb Stefan M. Fendt: > Steven M. Schultz schrieb: > > > I do NOT think it's a good idea. Upscaling ~20-30% (depending if you're > > > >in a NTSC or PAL area) degrades the quality so much I couldn't watch > >it (yes - I've done it and didn't like the results

Re: [Mjpeg-users] y4mscaler: Upsampling to widescreen

2005-12-06 Thread Steven M. Schultz
Hi - On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Stefan M. Fendt wrote: > Well, I think this heavily depends on the used scaler (and on the one > watching the result :)... I know an upscaling method which is Ok - I can agree with that ;) For casual viewing the results could be adequate. There's also

Re: [Mjpeg-users] y4mscaler: Upsampling to widescreen

2005-12-05 Thread Stefan M. Fendt
dread... I missed that one... Steven M. Schultz schrieb: > The data is already 'broadcast legal' (well, it _should_ be if the > > I *never* have seen a TV-Station (at least here in PAL-Land...) transmitting a fully "broadcast legal" signal. Nearly everything I know is at least transmitte

Re: [Mjpeg-users] y4mscaler: Upsampling to widescreen

2005-12-05 Thread Stefan M. Fendt
Steven M. Schultz schrieb: > I do NOT think it's a good idea. Upscaling ~20-30% (depending if you're > >in a NTSC or PAL area) degrades the quality so much I couldn't watch >it (yes - I've done it and didn't like the results ;)). > > > Well, I think this heavily depends on the used scaler (and

Re: [Mjpeg-users] y4mscaler: Upsampling to widescreen

2005-12-05 Thread Michael Hanke
Am Dienstag 06 Dezember 2005 04.34 schrieb Steven M. Schultz: > > On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Michael Hanke wrote: > > > I have some material which is widescreen in letter box format. Since the > > quality is rather high (Digital Satellite --> SVHS-cable --> (re)digitize) I > > am thinking of transfor

Re: [Mjpeg-users] y4mscaler: Upsampling to widescreen

2005-12-05 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Michael Hanke wrote: > I have some material which is widescreen in letter box format. Since the > quality is rather high (Digital Satellite --> SVHS-cable --> (re)digitize) I > am thinking of transforming the picture to DVD_WIDE (720x576 and 16:9). My > question: is this a

[Mjpeg-users] y4mscaler: Upsampling to widescreen

2005-12-05 Thread Michael Hanke
Hallo, I have some material which is widescreen in letter box format. Since the quality is rather high (Digital Satellite --> SVHS-cable --> (re)digitize) I am thinking of transforming the picture to DVD_WIDE (720x576 and 16:9). My question: is this a good idea or should I rely on the TV-set to