802BT/802R Video Test Generator User Guide 57
Common composite TV formats with sub-carriers and their respective standards:
• NTSC - ITU-R BT.470-6
• NTSC# - SMPTE 170M
• NTSC#KA - SMPTE 170M
• PAL - ITU-R BT.470-6
• PAL# - ITU-R BT.470-6
• PAL#KA - ITU-R BT.470-6
• SECAM
Component television format names
Component television formats are named by their vertical resolution and scanning
method. These formats apply to RGB, YPbPr, YcbCr and HD-SDI video. In component
television format naming, the first three or four characters indicate the active vertical lines
in the format, the next characters indicate the frame tracing method, and the last two
optional characters indicate the frame rate.
Example:
Active vertical lines
• 480 (active lines with 525 total lines)
• 1035 (active lines with 1125 total lines)
Frame tracing methods
• p = progressive
• i = interlaced
• s = segmented frame interlace (e.g. 1080s24, where a 24p frame is segmented into two
interlaced fields occurring at twice the frame rate - scene changes only between field
pairs – also known as “48sF”)
• x = any – progressive, interlace, or segmented
Active
vertical
lines
Frame
tracing
method
Frame
rate

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Double
clocking