ntsc to pal conversion

[Matt Dubber]

Many video duplication facilities can do this type of conversion for you. Is your friend wanting to edit the video or are you trying to convert eh finished edited video? Many places charge by the length of the tape, so the final edited video will be cheaper to convert than the original unedited tape(s). Check your local yellow pages for a place nearby that can do it. I know of a place in Seattle that can do it if you want.

-Matt

[Mike Smith]

Hi, shadows.

Not quite clear how it comes to be your responsibility to carry out standards conversion for one friend, to pass on to another friend … are you being dumped on a little here?

To do it yourself you need software – like eg procoder 2, which isn’t cheap – and then a recorder that will record in PAL … remind us why you’re doing this again? Why not give your friend(s) your edit as a computer file, on a DVD ROM, and let him / her / them sort

Good luck with it.

Mike

[Casting Shadows]

ok what’s happened is, my friend was in the usa (im australian) and bought his camera over there hence it being ntsc format and now he is in england but sent the tape over to me to edit(its bmx riding) to be used as an interview on an upcoming dvd which he deadline is tomorrow haha. ive done all the editing using premiere pro in the ntsc format but the guy i need to give the finished product to wants it in pal.
i hope thatis a little clearer, sorry before if it wasnt.
thanks again
-scott

[Casting Shadows]

oh and i cant just give the finished product to the dvd guy to sort out cause he will just trow it away, i wont take the time to sort it out so igotta do it myself before i give it to him.
thanks
-scott

[Blast1]

[casting shadows] “igotta do it myself before i give it to him.”

The expensive Procoder was mentioned as conversion software, but Procoder Express ($60us) will also do PAL to NTSC conversion as Procoder but a bit slower, still uses the same software core though so its quality just as good .

[Casting Shadows]

cheers thanks for your help, ill see if ican track down a copy at the store tomorrow. thanks again for all your help, much appreciated
-scott

[Ron Shook]

Blast,

[Blast1] “The expensive Procoder was mentioned as conversion software, but Procoder Express ($60us) will also do PAL to NTSC conversion as Procoder but a bit slower, still uses the same software core though so its quality just as good .”

I hope that this is in time. There is a standards conversion problem with ProCoder Express currently. It doesn’t give you clean conversion. Best use TMPGEnc for this for the time being.

Ron Shook

[Blast1]

[Ron Shook] “There is a standards conversion problem with ProCoder Express currently. It doesn’t give you clean conversion”

Hi Ron:
Haven’t heard anything about that, I mostly use Procoder, but I’ve done a few conversion in PCex and haven’t had a problem, do you have a reference for it?

[Ron Shook]

Blast,

[Blast1] “Haven’t heard anything about that, I mostly use Procoder, but I’ve done a few conversion in PCex and haven’t had a problem, do you have a reference for it?”

Saw it on the Canopus Company forum. Confirmed by Anton, one of the top users, who swears by TMPGEnc. Full Procoder apparently doesn’t have the problem, a line twitter or shimmer of some sort. Perhaps it only happens when converting in one direction or the other, but if so, I don’t know which.

Ron

[Sameer Shrivastava]

Hi,
Here are two cheaper ways of doing the above job.

First the required out put was a PAL dvd. So you can just take trial ver. of tmpeg or canopus pro coder. give it the NTSC file and choose PAL template. or choose output template as PAL. You will get a very high quality PAL mpeg2 or 1 as required. The quality will be much better than any cheap studios can give. only a good quality snell and wicox may match

Second

If you happen to have a dual head video display card with tv out function( Matrox g550 or nvidia 6600 etc). Then choose PAL as the out put format of the secondry monitor out.( You will get under display settings –> advanced settings) the secondry monitor might have an composite, s-video or component out. Use this out to feed to you PAL camera or recorder.( You need to use dvd max settings on g550 or video mirroring on secondry display on others.
The above two methods works very well. I have used many a times.

good luck
Sameer Shrivastava