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Convert PAL 8 bit sequence to NTSC for a DVD
So I’m working on some footage (about 1 minute long sequence) shot in PAL. A client wants it for a DVD but it has to be in NTSC. What’s the process for this? What I did was Quicktime Converson with no compression to Blackmagic 8 Bit NTSC, millions of colors + and set the frame rate to 29.97.
Unfortunately, I’m having problems. The disk won’t play for the first 15 seconds and then plays fine. This also might be an idvd problem. Any ideas are appreciated.
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4 Replies
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YOu will need something like the Standards Converter from http://www.nattress.com. $100, but does a bang up job.
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You can also try using Compressor. It has a standards converter (or at least the latest version does). However I hear that http://www.nattress.com works better.
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Thanks. Actually used something called JES de-interlacer and it worked great. Only thing is the image looks a little stretched in NTSC. How do you do a PAL to NTSC Conversion and not distort the image? Is that possible when taking into account NTSC is 720 x486 and PAL is 720×576?
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It should look normal as soon as you play it on an NTSC TV. Remember PAL has fat pixels and NTSC has thin ones – both none square!
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP
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