PAL aspect, resolution correct on this file?
 

It's a PAL SD capture from VHS

Does the pixel aspect and resolution look to be OK given it's PAL SD?

Thanks!

Looks like nightmare. I believe pixel aspect and resolution has no attention to this. Sorry, it is my opinion only :)

Something seems a bit off - usually the capture resolution would be 720x576 and PAL generally should look quite a bit better than NTSC because it has quite a bit more vertical resolution (576 vs 480). Also appears that black borders were added, possibly to maybe mask uneven edges? Was this an S-Video or Composite capture? Image itself seems pretty noisy, but that could

What is the full capture chain used?

Is this a original commercially produced tape (in other words, not a copy of an original tape)?

What is the tape speed (SP vs LP/SLP/EP)?

Welcome back. :)

The most obvious immediate issue is the noise and artifacts.
- There was clearly no line TBC used on capture, no NR.
- It appears that a deinterlace has caused jaggies in the text, though that may also be a side effect of the TBC-less capture (as even QTGMC cannot overcome all issues).

The frame rate is 24.763, which is wrong for anything. Use MediaInfo to confirm.

Resolution is a wrong 702x576 -- not the correct 720x576
zero-two vs. two-zero

It's impossible to ascertain aspect ratio (AR) from this sample. But my instinct is "no", because there is a glaring offset on the left side, likely even some stretching.

You're not the only one. Ghastly. :sick:

Nah, myth, "old wives tale". Clarity is determined by more than resolution. "On paper", yes, more. In reality, negligible. 480 vs. 576 is sort of like comparing a 16" tire to a 18" tire. If the car sucks, tire size won't matter. I literally never see a PAL tape and think "wow, what resolution!" If anything, PAL tapes can be a bigger PITA to track/stabilize (hence BEST).

I'm wondering if a formats converter was involved. I see signs.

The frame rate of slightly less than 25 fps suggests that the capture device was dropping frames -- typical of cheap devices that try to shove uncompressed video through USB 2.0.