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Transferring PAL to NTSC question
I was wondering what kind of software and/or hardware do you need to transfer analog video to NTSC DVD or NTSC Analog. If you have an Pal VCR, can you capture footage using ADS Tech Pyro AV Link Converter and somehow transfer it to NTSC and vice versa? Can you take a NTSC footage and render it as PAL and vise versa in Vegas? Sorry guys for rambling on here, but can somebody break it down for me. Thank you.
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6 Replies
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You capture your PAL footage as PAL, and convert it to NTSC in post. Vegas can render from a PAL source to NTSC and vice versa.
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Terje A. Bergesen -
Ok, that answers the first part of my question. Now, let say I have a client that brings in his Pal video tape and says he wants it transfered to NTSC video tape or NTSC DVD. What kind of hardware do I need to be able to do that and vice versa?
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If he brings in a PAL video tape you need two pieces of hardware, a PAL VCR and some capture hardware that handles PAL, Canopus ADVC for example. To utput it back to NTSC DVD you need a DVD burner. To output to NTSC tape you need an NTSC VCR.
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Terje A. Bergesen -
Oh, and the answers above assumed PAL VHS or similar, if the PAL source is a DV camcorder, the only hardware you need is a PAL DV Camcorder.
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Terje A. Bergesen -
Damn. I would have thought there would be some better technology than that. I mean isn’t there something that plays both NTSC and PAL and also has a built in converter that can transfer to a digital computer? Any other options?
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There are players that do both NTSC and PAL, but if you are talking about VHS, they do not have built-in digital converters. If you are talking DV, I do not know of combo players.
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Terje A. Bergesen
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