I have recently made a few DVD rips using MakeMKV and transferred them to my media server. These are PAL DVDs with a resolution of 720x576 pixels and are interlaced. Notice how this example is reported on various devices:
Server Version#: 1.41.9.9961
Plex Web Version#: 4.148.0
“Video Resolution: 576p”
“Display Title: 480i (MPEG2VIDEO)”
Plex Android App Version#: 2025.20.0
“Resolution: 720 x 576”
“Video: 480i (MPEG2VIDEO)”
Plex for LG Version#: Client: 5.93.2 Platform: 3.9.0
(Main window) “576i”
I appreciate that this isn’t the most auspicious choice of film, but it begins with ‘A’ so is easy to find. As you can see it is reported as “576p”, “576i” and “480i” in various places… with only 576i being correct (as you can see from the Windows MediaInfo report).
MediaInfo Details
General
Unique ID : 288250706874675627045259153558944051127 (0xD8DB1118E45D692291878C46B0976FB7)
Complete name : \\192.168.1.111\films\A Tribute to Fred Dibnah (2004)\A Tribute to Fred Dibnah (2004).mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 2.14 GiB
Duration : 59 min 1 s
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Overall bit rate : 5 197 kb/s
Frame rate : 25.000 FPS
Encoded date : 2025-02-09 10:54:49 UTC
Writing application : MakeMKV v1.17.6 win(x64-release)
Writing library : libmakemkv v1.17.6 (1.3.10/1.5.2) win(x64-release)
Video
ID : 1
ID in the original source m : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings : CustomMatrix / BVOP
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12
Format settings, picture st : Frame
Codec ID : V_MPEG2
Codec ID/Info : MPEG 1 or 2 Video
Duration : 59 min 1 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 5 000 kb/s
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 FPS
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.482
Time code of first frame : 01:15:11:23
Time code source : Group of pictures header
GOP, Open/Closed : Closed
Stream size : 2.06 GiB (96%)
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Original source medium : DVD-Video
Audio
ID : 2
ID in the original source m : 189 (0xBD)128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Commercial name : Dolby Digital
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 59 min 1 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 81.1 MiB (4%)
Title : Stereo
Language : English
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Original source medium : DVD-Video
Dialog Normalization : -31 dB
compr : -11.02 dB
dialnorm_Average : -31 dB
dialnorm_Minimum : -31 dB
dialnorm_Maximum : -31 dB
I can see previous threads on the same topic have fizzled out so perhaps this can start up the discussion again.
