NTSC to PAL Questions

[Chris Carr]

By the way, the total runtime of this project is 30 minutes.

[Walter Biscardi]

[carrcs] “I have a 23.98fps NTSC FCP project that I am in the process of conforming to a high quality PAL MOV file. I exported an 8 bit uncompressed file from my original timeline using Quicktime Conversion.”

That’s no the optimal way to do this. Go to http://www.nattress.com and download his Standards Converter.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

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[Graeme Nattress]

Actually, for 23.98fps to PAL, Cinema Tools is the optimal way. I always advise people to take this route for 24p to PAL conversions. It’s the traditional and best way to do it.

For the artifacting – can you either send me a picture, or put up a link to it here? Have you turned on the higher quality scaling options in FCP?

Codec – if you just want to send a data DVD and uncompressed is too big, try PhotoJPEG at 75%. Set the timeline in FCP to this, and export the movie from the timeline via “current settings” for best results.

Graeme

– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP

[Walter Biscardi]

[Graeme Nattress] “Actually, for 23.98fps to PAL, Cinema Tools is the optimal way. I always advise people to take this route for 24p to PAL conversions. It’s the traditional and best way to do it.”

Well there you go, you learn something new everyday. Thanks for chiming in here Graeme!

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

[Graeme Nattress]

Thanks Walter.

Issue with this 24p to PAL method, is that it speeds thing up a bit, making it unsuitable for Music stuff. However, My plugins work best from 60i to PAL, and don’t really work for 24p with 3:2 to PAL as you get a visual beat of 1 frame per second due to the 24p / 25p difference.

However, if you’re shooting music that you want to look like Film on NTSC and PAL, then shoot 25p, and convert that to 60i, which actually works quite well with my plugins.

I really do hope that broadcasting goes fps independent, just like web movies are…..

Graeme

– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP

[Chris Carr]

Thank you both for your help. Mr. Natress, I especially appreciate your honesty. It’s a rarity these days. I will do my best to put the good word out about your website and products.

[Graeme Nattress]

Thanks. Actually, I do end up telling many people just not the buy my Standards Converter as if they’re in your circumstance the Cinema Tools trick will work a lot, lot better for them.

Same as if they’re wanting to convert to PAL to send a DVD to a relative – ALL European DVD players play NTSC, and most modern TVs will play it fine.

Graeme

– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP

[Matt Schulze]

“ALL European DVD players play NTSC, and most modern TVs will play it fine.”

True, but many of them will do so only in black and white, just something to be aware of.

[Graeme Nattress]

I’ve only ever seen an ancient TV not be able to lock on the the 60hz and roll the picture (and that’s rare). All DVD players in EU have to play NTSC properly as they’re all region 2, and that means EU and Japan, an NTSC country.

Graeme

– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP

[Tom Meegan]

Hoping that I’m not thread jacking here…

Will PAL DVDs play in North American NTSC players? I have a client who does three North American events and seven European events a year.

If I AM thread jacking, I’ll just try it out and report back…

Hi Graeme. I hope you are doing well.

Best,

Tom Meegan