No support for rendering 2560x1440, 2560x1600 resolutions?

Jonas Abraham

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Jul 30, 2015 18:44

You can find obscure resolutions such as 2704x1524 and many other off-standard ones so why not 2560x1440 which is one of the most popular 2k resolution (16:9) today? I found a thread dated about 18 months (http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/31606.page) which suggested the user should edit a profile.ini file in order to make this happen. I'm hoping this is not the case. Any solutions?

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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Online

Jul 30, 2015 19:04

Hi Jonas -

Yes - it is the case... if the resolution you're after doesn't appear in the drop-down box when you click the + button to make a custom profile.

The good news is that you only need to do it once & the profile will always be available.

Cheers - Tony
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Jonas Abraham

Newbie Joined: Jan 26, 2013 08:10 Messages: 23 Offline

Jul 30, 2015 19:55

Quote: Hi Jonas -

Yes - it is the case... if the resolution you're after doesn't appear in the drop-down box when you click the + button to make a custom profile.

The good news is that you only need to do it once & the profile will always be available.

Cheers - Tony

That's certainly good news. It's not available in any of the custom profiles. Thanks for your help!

I'm still baffled about the resolution not being available by default. Feels like it should be available in 2015 given the youtube 1440p support and availability with most new AAA PC games.

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James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Jul 30, 2015 22:16

The non-standard resolution that you mentioned is a GoPro resolution, which is very popular right now, but I also am about to create a qHD profile since I now have a mobile device that supports the resolution. I think it is just not catching on that fast, so it is not be adopted by very many developers or manufacturers. You can get a 4k monitor for only a little more than qHD and I don't know of any qHD televisions.

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Jonas Abraham

Newbie Joined: Jan 26, 2013 08:10 Messages: 23 Offline

Jul 31, 2015 02:22

Quote: The non-standard resolution that you mentioned is a GoPro resolution, which is very popular right now, but I also am about to create a qHD profile since I now have a mobile device that supports the resolution. I think it is just not catching on that fast, so it is not be adopted by very many developers or manufacturers. You can get a 4k monitor for only a little more than qHD and I don't know of any qHD televisions.

People still watch television?

AlS

Senior Member Location: South Africa Joined: Sep 23, 2014 18:07 Messages: 290 Offline

Jul 31, 2015 04:57

I use 2560 with my GoPro.
It's not a case of using 2k for TV viewing.
In theory if you output HD you will have better quality with 2k or 4k clips if you zoom, pan, or crop. 2k has twice the resolution of HD and 4k four times so using 2k you could zoom or crop half of the frame and still have HD, and 4k down to a quarter of the frame.

This is true in other edit software but I'm not sure if PDR13 will give you the same results. Other forum members have suggested that PDR13 gives best quality when input equals output - if you want HD out you should use HD source vids and pics. So I am still confused.

Al

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James Dotson

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Jul 31, 2015 17:41

2k is just barely bigger than hd. Other than that I agree with your point. __________________________________
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Jonas Abraham

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Sep 20, 2015 13:06

Just wanted to thank ynotfish for his help to me and others to render 16:9 1440p (2K) videos by editing the profile.ini.

I also would like to remind the developers to please add at least the 16:9 1440p option in the custom settings so that users can more easily configure their settings other than searching and editing long lines of texts in the profile.ini file. This is not just a GoPro profile but also a high demand 2K profile for youtube. There are way more users capable of rendering 1440p with their system than 2160p (4K).

Quote: 2k is just barely bigger than hd. Other than that I agree with your point.

A 33% increase in both with and height compared to HD is quite significant. I recently switched from a 24'' 1080p to a 27'' 1440p monitor. 1440p provided increased quality even on a bigger monitor.

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James Dotson

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Sep 20, 2015 19:51

Quote:

Quote: 2k is just barely bigger than hd. Other than that I agree with your point.

A 33% increase in both with and height compared to HD is quite significant.

That is not 2k. __________________________________
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