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a good way to convert pal to ntsc?
So I recently got involved in this project that was shot out of the country and is in PAL format. The thing is, it has to be put on a digibeta for a festival in this country. So I need to convert this to NTSC, and I was wondering if there was a good way to do it. One thing I tried was simply copying and pasting the pal footage into an ntsc timeline, and rendering. The quality was ok, but the real problem was that some of the clips were in the wrong places..!!
I haven’t yet tried, but I can probably just export the pal version as pal, then reimport that into an ntsc timeline and render. That shouldn’t switch around any clips obviously since it’ll be one big clip, but I’m also worried about too much quality loss. I don’t think I have any programs on the computer that can convert pal to ntsc but if there is one available for download I am all for it.
Anyway, if anyone has any good ways to do this, let me know! Thanks! 🙂
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5 Replies
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No, sorry, that won’t work. You footage will look very stuttery.
Either get yourself the G Converter from Graeme Nattress (www.nattress.com), which is very decently priced and does a good conversion or go to a service house with a high-end hardware converter. Some people might suggest Compressor, which can look a tad better than Nattress’, but it’s awfully slow.
Regards,
Uli
Author of “DVDs gestalten und produzieren”, a book on professional DVD-authoring in German.
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As Uli suggests, get yourself Graeme Nattress’ Standards Converter and you’ll need to apply it to each clip in the timeline. You cannot apply it to a nest of the entire timeline as each of the edit points will create a flash frame.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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I also recommend Nattress filters. They do a good job and are very reasonably priced.
However, if you need the best quality, there is no substitute for the hardware based solution you will get from a dub house.
If your budget for this conversion is > $500, look into a dub house. If you do not have that sort of budget, or you anticipate having to do this kind of conversion in the future, without a budget, buy the Nattress filters.
Best,
Tom Meegan
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Thanks! I will see if the director has the budget for that. Oh if only we all used the same format. Maybe someday 😉
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You could also look into renting a player for the festival. Festivals usually get good rental rates locally and can provide advertising in the guides and posters in return. Of coarse if they want to continue submitting it to other festivals they should bite the bullit and get some dubs converted.
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