PAL to NTSC conversion

[Sb6755]

Mike,

Thank you very much for that clear, concise and to the point explanation. I appreciate it immensely and will use the plug in.

Best,
SteveK

[Ron James]

What’s wrong with Compressor? The trick is to go in and change some frame settings. It’s going to take a lot longer the better you want it, though.

I actually just used the Nattress 1.1 filter (yes, I know there’s a newer one) on a feature-length NTSC conversion to PAL and ended up with video that was about 15 minutes or so shorter than the audio. That was after following the instructions very carefully and then waiting 12 or 13 hours for it to render.

I was on a workstation in a prod. company, though (not my own workstation) so maybe there was something else fouled up in the FCP settings that I wasn’t aware of, but I doubt it.

In the end, I had to get out Compressor to do the job.

Has anyone else had this problem with the Nattress conversion? And is there any noticeable difference from Compressor when you actually set the frame controls to better and/or best?

[Ron James]

https://www.macworld.com/2006/02/secrets/marchcreate/index.php

This is a good little guide to using Compressor for the conversion. My guess is most users haven’t tried it, or don’t even know these settings exist.