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Converting 24p NTSC to PAL for edit in a PAL project. Should it be interlaced or not?
Hi,
I am currently working on a 25p PAL project in FCP. All of the footage was shot with PAL DVX100’s.
A few tapes were just given to me that were shot on a NTSC DVX100 which I am converting to PAL for use in my current project.
The conversion process is rather tricky because the original footage that the DVX shoots is 24p inside of a 29.97 interlace. My first thought was to convert to 25p interlaced but sometimes notice the interlace lines in the PAL file. Then I converted to 25p Progressive which does away with the interlace lines but seems to have a more stuttery image at times.
Basically my question is has anyone worked with a 24p NTSC to PAL conversion? and which method is prefered, interlaced or progressive?
Do I lose resolution going progressive? The image seems slightly more stuttery on progressive, am I somehow also losing more frames doing it that way?
Any help would be great. Thanks 🙂
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5 Replies
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Go to http://www.nattress.com and look at his Standards Converter. Ony $100 and you can download and try it first. That’s the most recommended plug-in for this type of work on the Cow.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Not to disagree with Walter, the Nattress plug-ins are great, but there is another option. Compressor 2 also has the ability to do a standards conversion and I haven’t heard anything yet to suggest it’s a bad or sub-standard option. From what I’ve read, they’ve greatly improved the conversion ability in v2. I’ve used both and they both seem to do a good job. Maybe Graeme Nattress could suggest ways that his converter is still a better way to go.
Ed[walter biscardi] “Go to http://www.nattress.com and look at his Standards Converter. Ony $100 and you can download and try it first. That’s the most recommended plug-in for this type of work on the Cow.”
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[Ed] “Not to disagree with Walter, the Nattress plug-ins are great, but there is another option. Compressor 2 also has the ability to do a standards conversion and I haven’t heard anything yet to suggest it’s a bad or sub-standard option.”
Well certainly Compressor is free and included with Studio so not a bad idea to test a short sample clip in both Compressor and the free Nattress Trial download to see which is better. I have never recommended Compressor because in the past it was never that great and everyone always recommends Nattress. Maybe it has gotten better in v2.0, I honestly haven’t tried it.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Actually I am already using Canopus Procoder on a PC to handle the conversion. I know it would be better to convert on the Mac but I feel comfortable with Procoder for a few reasons.
Anyway my question had more to do with which PAL settings I should use for 24pa footage from a DVX100? Interlaced or Non-Interlaced?
When I output intelaced I notice some interlacing lines in the footage from time to time?
I found I can avoid this by rendering the clip non-interlaced but then I notice a frame rate stutter.
Which method is better to render to in the long run?
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Or for 24p to 25p you can just use Cinema Tools which is better than all of the options mentioned so far…..
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP
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