Screencap subtypes
If we had subtypes for iTunes, Broadcast, DVD and HD captures, that would allow us to keep track of image quality and upgrade screencaps as better soure material becomes available. --Peter Farago 11:30, 14 April 2006 (CDT)
- Agreed. Will implement. -- Joe Beaudoin So say we all - Donate 11:36, 14 April 2006 (CDT)
- I don't think that {{HD-screencap}} is adequate for both HDTV and DVD sources. I'd suggest the following Hierarchy (vertical resolution in parentheses):
- iTunes (176 lines, widescreen)
- NTSC Broadcast (480 lines, letterboxed to 360 lines)
- PAL Broadcast (576 lines, letterboxed to 432 lines)
- NTSC DVD (480 lines, anamorphic)
- PAL DVD (576 lines, anamorphic)
- HDTV Broadcast
- 720 lines, widescreen
- 1080 lines, widescreen
- HD DVD/Blu-Ray
- 1080 lines, widescreen
- I'll go ahead and implement this with your approval. --Peter Farago 16:18, 14 April 2006 (CDT)
- Frack! --Talos 16:18, 14 April 2006 (CDT)
- :-/ --Peter Farago 16:20, 14 April 2006 (CDT)
- More thoughts before we get underway:
- We need a field to specify whether the image has been cropped from its original dimensions (as most of the one's I've uploaded have been). This shouldn't be too hard.
- Timestamps would also be good, so that later users can upload higher-rez versions more efficiently. Obviously it would be too onerous to go back and do this for every image in the database, but it should be available and encouraged for future uploads.
- It would be very nice if we could mark the episode source of each image and provide release dates for higher quality versions (scheduled HDTV airtimes, NTSC and PAL DVD release dates). We could do this by using the template to mark the episode of each image as a new category (something like [[Category:33 (Images)]]. We could then keep the Category page updated with availability information, perhaps synchronizing DVD release dates for half-seasons using a template.
- Frack! --Talos 16:18, 14 April 2006 (CDT)
- I don't think that {{HD-screencap}} is adequate for both HDTV and DVD sources. I'd suggest the following Hierarchy (vertical resolution in parentheses):