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Tip: NTSC VOB -> PAL AVI with Premiere Elements
For the first time I had to put some NTSC material from DVD in a PAL project. So I searched in COW and found different solutions with conversion programs.
But first I did a trial with Premiere Elements. I use this program mainly to convert VOB files to AVI files.
I opened a new NTSC program in Elements and imported the NTSC DVD VOB files. I edited the time line and exported the movie as PAL AVI file. The result was OK even no problem with the sync of the sound.Please let me know what are the disadvantages of this simple method compared to using conversion programs?
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The process you used sometime does not work, so you might explore plan B.
When it does work, the result is recompression of already compressed video and a generational hit.
If you dont need more than simple cuts and want to avoid the degradation of recompression, the best bet I have found is VideoRedo Plus. It will allow you to slice and dice and then will stitch scenes together without recompressing. The I take that file into Encore to author. -
In this case the material was only available on DVD.
Say I will receive in the future a NTSC avi file and export that in Elements or Pro to PAL AVI will that cause also a degradation when I put that PAL AVI on tape to a PAL camera?Phocas Kroon
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Try using DVDtoAVI it’s a freeware that works really well. You can set it to do 2passes and use no compression. That will result in a large file but it won’t degrade an already low quality MPEG2 file. The app sometimes needs to have larger length clips broken down into sections to maintain the audio sync but it’s the fastest and highest quality converter I’ve found for free.
– JOn -
This app won’t do the converting from NTSC to PAL for you. Do that from a PAL project. Import the NTSC clip. Take note of its length to the Frame. Change the interpreting of the clip from 29.97fps to 25fps. The clip will now be much longer. Add the clip to the timeline then change the speed/duration to the length of it’s original fps. that will speed it up and now play the same length it used to be in 29.97fps. Only now its showing you in 25. This process only works well with NTSC to PAL.
– Jon (sorry didn’t mention in last post) -
How do you get the VOB files into Elements? I tried doing so and it gave me an error message about unsupported file or something. Did you decrypt it first?
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