• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  PAL settings

  Posted by Scott Davis on October 20, 2008 at 2:25 pm

  I’m trying to print out to tape an NTSC clip that I imported into a PAL DV sequence. The tape needs to be in PAL. I have a Sony DSR-11, which is switchable between NTSC and PAL. The switch is in the PAL setting, yet all I get is garbled audio/video. It’s not a monitor problem, as I tried to import back into FCP to see if the video was correct and not really look at the monitor, as it’s NTSC, not PAL.

  Does anyone have previous experience in this?

  Thanks in advance-
  Scott

  Scott Davis

  Scott Davis replied 17 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Paul Dickin

  October 20, 2008 at 4:56 pm

  Hi
  To output to tape in DV PAL you need:
  1. Your timeline NTSC clip properly converted to a new PAL clip, either using Compressor, or the Nattress Standards Converter plug-in (with your clip nested into a PAL FCP Sequence, creating a new PAL QT movie).
  2. With the deck powered down turn the switch on the back to PAL.
  3. Fire up FCP with a PAL DV Easy Setup, then open a new PAL timeline Sequence, and drag your PAL-converted clip into the timeline, and Play/Print to Video/Edit to tape.

  Both the deck and FCP are fussy about being allowed to set themselves up properly – get something wrong and the get the results you’re seeing.
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  Scott Davis

  October 20, 2008 at 4:58 pm

  Thanks, Paul. I’ll try it.

  Scott Davis

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