CIF was designed to be easy to convert to PAL or NTSC standards. CIF defines a video sequence with a resolution of 352×288 like PAL Source Input Format, a framerate of 30000/1001 (roughly 29.97) fps like NTSC, with colour encoded using YCbCr 4:2:0.
SQCIF
128 × 96
QCIF
176 × 144
CIF
352 × 288
4CIF
704 × 576
16CIF
1408 × 1152
