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Initialize the Video Interface.
- Parameters:
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VideoMode | The video mode you want to initialize.
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This can be one of these defines:
Where it is in the following format:
- VIDEO_[Width]X[Height]_[VideoStandard]_[ColorFormat]
Explanation of different video standards:
- PAL
Phase Alternating Line, is a video standard used in many countries around the world. Countries such as the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Germany and more use PAL as their video standard. There are different types of PAL standards, one of which uses a vertical frequency of 60Hz and one of which uses a vertical frequency of 50Hz.
- NTSC
National Television System Commitee, is another video standard used in many countries around the world. While it's not technically superior, it's more widely used in countries such as the USA, Japan and many more.
If a TV is PAL only, it will display NTSC pictures in black and white, due to the lack of colour signal.
The fundamentals of video standards:
+----------------+------------+----------------+---------------------+
| Video Standard | Frames/sec | Frequency (Hz) | Colour signal (MHz) |
+----------------+------------+----------------+---------------------+
| NTSC | 30 | 60 | 3.58 |
| PAL 50 | 25 | 50 | 4.43 |
| PAL 60 | 30 | 60 | 4.43 |
+----------------+------------+----------------+---------------------+
Video-standard informations found at:
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