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  Doing a NTSC DVD in PALand. What ir IRE black level?

  Posted by Peter Corbett on November 29, 2006 at 9:35 am

  I posted this on the edit forum without response. I’ve just had a PAL master converted to NTSC DVCPRO50 for authoring a NTSC DVD.

  The transfer was great but I notice the picture is a little “bright”. Is this 7.5 blahdyblah NTSC black level thing. When I crush the blacks it looks fine. Do I have to do any adjustments to the black level on the encode to NTSC MPEG-2. or does it auto correct when playing on a DVD player in the States?

  Cheers,
  Peter

  Peter Corbett
  Powerhouse Productions
  Australia
  http://www.php.com.au

  Eric Pautsch replied 19 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Eric Pautsch

  November 29, 2006 at 7:32 pm

  You’ll need to adjust blacks before your encode. Do you have a waveform? Is this on a DVCPRO50 Tape?
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  Peter Corbett

  November 29, 2006 at 10:16 pm

  Thanks Eric,

  Yes it’s on NTSC DVCPRO50 tape. I do have a tubed waveform monitor, but I’m not reall expert with it. I usually use to make sure my video levels SP don’t go illegal. Should I crush the blacks as I digitize?

  Peter

  Peter Corbett
  Powerhouse Productions
  Australia
  http://www.php.com.au
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  Eric Pautsch

  November 29, 2006 at 10:55 pm

  I’d say yes..if you don’t have a scop[e then go with what looks good to yours/client’s eye.

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