Conversion from PAL to NTSC, how? at DVinfo.net

Kairat Salikhov · May 9th, 2002, 05:33 PM

Hey Guys,

If any of you have done this conversion? I know Adrian in Japan does it all the time, and his expirience should give me enough info :-)

Adrian can you share with me what tools do use to make conversion?

Even though I'll be shooting in PAL/Secam country, I might do some corporate projects for the US companies out there, and my guess is that they might prefer to have footage in NTSC.

So I might be facing a conversion process.

This is not only a question for Adrian, anyone with knowledge are welcome to share their thoughts.

Another question related to the conversion is sound. How sound is dependant on frame rates? Or it's not dependant at all?

TIA
Kairat

Frank Granovski · May 10th, 2002, 08:02 PM

Canopus makes a DV converter. I've heard good things about it. Videoguys.com sells it. It is not expensive. I do 'low-end' conversions with Aiwa VCRs. When going from PAL to NTSC, the results are very good. The color is slightly off, though.

Chris Hurd · May 10th, 2002, 08:57 PM

See these links -- the Canopus converter and another one:

http://www.justedit.com/ppt_dvformatconverter.htm

http://www.baobab.net/softcs.htm

May 9th, 2002, 05:33 PM	#1
Kairat Salikhov Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kazakhstan - USA Posts: 32	Conversion from PAL to NTSC, how? Hey Guys, If any of you have done this conversion? I know Adrian in Japan does it all the time, and his expirience should give me enough info :-) Adrian can you share with me what tools do use to make conversion? Even though I'll be shooting in PAL/Secam country, I might do some corporate projects for the US companies out there, and my guess is that they might prefer to have footage in NTSC. So I might be facing a conversion process. This is not only a question for Adrian, anyone with knowledge are welcome to share their thoughts. Another question related to the conversion is sound. How sound is dependant on frame rates? Or it's not dependant at all? TIA Kairat __________________ XL1s PAL, wide angle lens, all things lightwave, MA200. Dual AMD MP1900+, 1gig of RAM, Canopus DVStorm, Nvidia Quadro4 750XGL, Promise IDE Raid.

May 10th, 2002, 08:57 PM	#3
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May 10th, 2002, 08:02 PM	#2
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Canopus makes a DV converter. I've heard good things about it. Videoguys.com sells it. It is not expensive. I do 'low-end' conversions with Aiwa VCRs. When going from PAL to NTSC, the results are very good. The color is slightly off, though.