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  FTP changes format …

  Posted by Stuart Mcalister on March 5, 2013 at 3:53 pm

  Hi, I have a mate in Africa (somewhere out of the loop) and he has the strangest problem. Everything he has shot/edited and delivered was in PAL. He has NO NTSC equipment with him.

  He FTP’d the clip yet the end user writes back saying that it has arrived in NTSC.

  He has sent me a list of what he did;

  Video
  Format : MPEG Video
  Commercial name : IMX 30
  Format version : Version 2
  Format profile : 4:2:2@Main
  Codec ID: mx3p
  Bit rate mode: Constant
  Maximum bit rate : 30.0 Mbps
  Encoded bit rate : 30.1 Mbps
  Width: 720 pixels
  Height : 576 pixels
  Original height : 608 pixels
  Display aspect ratio : 4:3
  Frame rate mode: Constant
  Frame rate : 25.000 fps
  Standard : PAL
  Bit depth : 8 bits
  Scan type: Interlaced
  Scan order : Top Field First (upper field first)
  Compression mode : Lossy

  Audio
  Format : PCM
  Bit rate mode : Constant
  Bit rate: 1 536 Kbps
  Channel(s) : 2 channels
  Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
  Bit depth: 16 bits

  I apologise for asking on his request, but with the time difference, broadband availability etc, I said I’d ask the pro’s and get back to him.

  Any ideas as to why this should be happening?

  Stuart

  Stuart Mcalister replied 13 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Stuart Mcalister

  March 6, 2013 at 10:07 am

  Just to update, I did have a similar problem when using ‘Fetch’. I changed to ‘Filezilla’ and the problem was resolved. You may think that a change in FTP programme may be appropriate …?
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  David Eaks

  March 6, 2013 at 1:10 pm

  I’m not terribly experienced in this area, but have had good experiences with FileZilla. If its working for you now, why not stick with it?
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  Mark Spano

  March 6, 2013 at 5:16 pm

  FYI, if these are the specs, there is NOTHING that FTP transfer can do to convert PAL to NTSC. I would say it’s the other end user’s problem.
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  Stuart Mcalister

  March 6, 2013 at 5:18 pm

  Mark,

  Yes, I tend to agree with you. My mate’s client is a little difficult to say the least and refuses to believe that it is their fault. I was sent a copy of the clip and dumping it straight into FCPv7, I could see that it was PAL all the way through.

  Thanks again.

  Stuart

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