PAL to NTSC

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smiler125

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Can you please advise the best way to convert my PAL home movies to NTSC.
Is it possible to capture in NTSC from a PAL source, or do I need to covert after and if so using what software?
I am currently using TMPGENC to covert, but seem to lose quality and when I import the NTSC mpegs into Sonic mydvd it then coverts the NTSC mpeg to make it compatible for burning.

Thanks
 
Nunyobiznes

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Depends on what you use to capture with. You should be able to capture directly to NTSC DVD format. Check in the settings.
 
ipdave

ipdave

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What are you capturing from? DV tape, or VHS? If it is VHS, you can get VCRs that convert on the fly to NTSC, much like many newer DVD players do.

What software and/or hardware do you use to capture with? I have PAL tapes that I capture to MPG2 with a Dazzle PCI DVC-II card, and then keep as PAL and burn to DVD (or SVCD sometimes). It will not translate PAL - NTSC, and if you try to convert with TMPG or other sw, the difference in frame rates and interlace vs non-interlace usually make a fine mess anyway. Sort of like the original Godzilla movie with the stop action filming. . .

Bottom line, buy a cheap Apex or Daewoo DVD player and keep PAL as PAL, NTSC as NTSC, or you will have tradeoffs. To me, the only acceptable conversion would be in a hardware solution (VHS player that converts - expensive).
 
Nunyobiznes

Nunyobiznes

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When capturing an analog signal via your "video in" jack on your vid/cap card the source doesn't matter. It will be captured at whatever you have the software set at. I've captured 20fps video without any visible degradation of the signal using an ATI AIW 8500DV card with the ATI software. As long as the playback is smooth the capture should be smooth.
 
ipdave

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Nunyobiznes said:
When capturing an analog signal via your "video in" jack on your vid/cap card the source doesn't matter. It will be captured at whatever you have the software set at. I've captured 20fps video without any visible degradation of the signal using an ATI AIW 8500DV card with the ATI software. As long as the playback is smooth the capture should be smooth.
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So you have a PAL source that you captured as NTSC with your AIW? That's new... Mine never did that.
 
Nunyobiznes

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ipdave said:
So you have a PAL source that you captured as NTSC with your AIW? That's new... Mine never did that.
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The video I had was not PAL. It was some weird Chinese shit that was 20 fps on vhs tape. Not standard compliant by any stretch of the imagination.
 
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