Convert ntsc to pal

I want to export my i.phone and Flip videos from i.movie to i.DVD but when I play back the DVD the video is 'jerky'. (They play great in i.Movie) I assume that there is a problem with the frame rate difference, 30 frames imported but I need 25 frames to burn a PAL DVD. Any ideas on how to convert would be appreciated,
Thanks, Ken

Your "PAL" DVD player shouldn't have any trouble playing the higher frame rate of NTSC DVD's.
Don't worry about the frame rate or set your phone to record as PAL format.

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Converting NTSC to PAL with chapter markers

Hey guys,
I have just a quick question.
I am making a home made video. I did all the editing in FCP and made a great DVD in iDVD. I would like to do the same thing in PAL format so I can send it to my parents in Europe. My original footage is in NTSC. I did my own research and tried using compressor to change format to PAL.
I tried several different settings (PAL DV, Mpeg 2 PAL) but the outcome movie is always missing chapter markers.
I also tried to import the PAL movie (after conversion in Compressor) to FCP and added chapter markers but did not work.
Does anybody know how to convert the format from NTSC to PAL and keep the chapter markers at the same time? I would like to mantain as high quality as possible.
Thanks for your help.
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iMac G5 Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Well, this seemed to work. However, being completely new to converting to PAL, I was surprised to see the "jumpiness" that goes along with the frame rate drop. Looking at it taxes the eyes as it seems like its dropping frames every so often. I realize, through more research that this is due to the 25 FPS nature of PAL plus the fact that I'm converting and not just authoring from PAL material. Having said this, is there a tried and true way of "smoothing" this jumpiness that anyone would share?
A friend of mine suggested that when I place the file into DVDSP, I choose the TOP field in the encoding tab, prior to burning the disk. In the past I have always left the FIELD menu set at Auto. He says that setting it to TOP might help a little.
He also told me that a lot of the software based converters don't do the best of jobs. Although acceptable results may come from tweaking the settings, the best way to convert NTSC to PAL (with the most pleasing results) is by using a very high end converter (not a computer). Although you have to weigh out the circumstances such as how many disks will eventually be converted compared to available budget, is it worth spending a little extra for a master that will ultimately see 1,000 copies?
I'm planning on showing my client the burn with field dominance set to TOP, on Monday. Hopefully she'll find it acceptable and I'll be able to move on with this project. Thanks for all the help!
Steve
Power Mac, G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Workflow for converting NTSC to PAL with Premiere/AME

Hi everyone,
After searching the forums, I see that to convert NTSC to PAL for standard def DVD, most recommend using Canopus Procoder software for the MPEG2 encoding, or using a hardware based solution. I don't have the money for those options, so I was hoping you could clear up something for me. Which of these options is best?:
Option #1: import the NTSC footage into Premiere and edit on a NTSC timeline with settings matching the original footage. Then use Adobe Media Encoder to encode a PAL format MPEG2 file for the standard def DVD.
Option #2: import the NTSC footage into Premiere and edit on a timeline set up with PAL resolution and framerate settings, and simply scale up the NTSC footage to match the larger PAL resolution. Then use Adobe Media Encoder to encode a PAL format MPEG2 file for the standard def DVD.
Thanks for the help!!
Mike
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pal to ntsc is not quite the same as ntsc to pal.
pal has more scanlines and there for makes a better end result to ntsc than ntsc to pal.
Usually ntsc converted to pal does not look very good on a tv.
That's why i recommend to leave it in ntsc, most pal players can be switched to ntsc.

Converting NTSC to PAL without dropping frames... possible?

Hi Guys,
I am trying to convert some footage from NTSC to PAL in FCP, now I have managed to do it in a way that stops the image being distorted but I have yet to find a way to convert without getting slightly noticeable jumping (which I can only assume is down to the 4/5 dropped frames). Is there any way of doing so or does the footage need to be sent off to a specialist?
Cheers!

Get Nattress Standards Converter. It really is the best way to go. Very quick and with fantasic results.
In that thread that Bogie indicated, it took me 30 min to capture and convert the footage...this with 15 min of material ( I used 10 seconds)
Shane
"There's no need to fear, UNDERDOG is here!"

Converting NTSC to PAL?

I made a video, NTSC all around. Quicktimes made in After Effects. Edited the Quicktimes in FCP. Made the DVD in DVD Studio Pro.
Now I have to send a ccopy of the DVD to someone in Australia.
Is there an easy way to convert this to PAL?

Guys: I used to recomend JES too. But... let's see: The assets JES Deinterlacer has are: 1) it's free 2) it's really fast.
The free part is amazing. But if you already paid for DVD SP/FCS/DVD SP that advantage doesn't really matter, right?
Let me modestly shed some light about Compressor 2's amazing, high tech conversion capabilities.
It basically has three conversion ceilings:
1) Frame controls OFF: pure destruction, like any non conversion enabled video application.
2) Frame controls set to Custom and Frame rate conversion set to Frame blending. Just as good and fast as JES Deinterlacer, but with all the added functionality built into Compressor. Including image post-processing, chapter markers, cluster rendering, etc.
3) Frame controls set to Custom and Frame Rate conversion set to Motion Compensated or High Quality Motion Compensated: Conversion quality here is second to no other sofware application, really approaching hardware level conversions. The results prduced by the high tech, Optical Flow approach is stunning. And it's not just PAL NTSC. It can do beautiful HD up or downconversions, and progressive interlaced (the frame size and field parameters in Frame controls are the key for those...).
Yes, it may take days to do all of this, but for special cases that are worth it (or short pieces) it's amazing. And, of course, you have now the Quad core Mac Pro, and/or distributed encoding among different Macs that you may already own. This may make a conversion go from a couple of days to a few hours.
Don't take my word. Go and try the different transcoding settings I mentioned.
Finally, while Compressor will transcode standards and do MPEG-2 encoding in a single job, that's completely unpractical. A 2 pass VBR will take twice as long to transcode. The best workflow is to first transcode, then encode.
Hope this helps.
Adolfo Rozenfeld
Buenos Aires - Argentina
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Converting NTSC to PAL in CS5, the audio is out of sync-too slow. What do I need to adjust?

Hi. I had to purchase a new Sony video camera in USA (NTSC 29.9fps). We are PAL, so most of my holiday movie is PAL 16:9 widescreen. When I imported the clips from the NTSC camera, I converted the clips to PAL 25fps but the audio is out of sync and appears to be too slow. eg. a male voice is high pitched and not quite audible. Is it the 'bit rate' difference causing the problem and if so, how do I change that in CS5? The PAL clips off my old camera are imported as MPG files. The new camera files are MTS. I am not sure if this is important but would appreciate some help. Thanks.

Adobe doesn't have any tools that perform adequate NTSC<=>PAL conversions, in my view. You may be better off creating a separate video for the NTSC stuff, keeping it as NTSC. Your player should be able to handle it fine.

Converting NTSC to PAL, 720x540?

Another conversion question...
I'm authoring an old movie that seems to be 720x540 NTSC 29,970 (for some reason MediaInfo think it's 720x480 but it doesn't look like it when i watch it on my computer). It's going to be distributed around Europe so my question is: do i need to convert the sucker into PAL (and in that case how do i do that?) or do all DVD players play NTSC nowadays? What would you have done?

Ok, cool! Is that so even for people with say a 5 year old dvd player? I've noticed that dvd stores print warnings about NTSC DVD's.

Converting ntsc to pal using sonyzu1 to sonyfx1e

hi,i have a job ,all tapes in ntsc,i need the final edit to be pal,
does anyone know if i can convert the tapes,playing them on the z-1,connecting through a firewire to a fx1.
or should i do the project with the ntsc settings in fcp and print the final edit to tape then get a conversion job done at a company?
any help appreciated
cheers
simon

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Is it possible to convert NTSC to PAL......

on a Mac that is. I made the mistake of buying an NTSC only camcorder through Ebay and whilst I have no problem playing it through my multiregion DVD player I wondered about making DVDs I could give to friends / family who may have region 2 players only.Any suggestions ?

Hi don,
first of all: don't mix region codes and video standards - your Mac creates rc0, they play anywhere.
NTSC dvd-players can not handle PAL, but most/all PAL dvd-players accept NTSC - but not every TVset "understands" the non-standard signals coming form the player => loss of audio and/or b&w pic.....
you have two options:
* your Mac doesn't care for video standards, so simply use the iApps; in iDVD you can "switch" the video standard, BUT the converter within QT doesn't show a very good quality... so:
* after finishing your iM project, export as QT Full Quality; get for free JES Deinterlacer; it has a conversion option and uses a much better algorithm (besides: choosing the deinterlacing feature adds some "movie feeling" to your projects, in case you like that....)
you drag'n drop the PAL version into iDVD (which, as said, doesn't care for standards..) and create your disk
besides: your Mac plays back these PAL disks.....
last word: NTSC has a much smaller pic resolution... NTSC=>PAL means loss of quality....... ebay again?

Converting ntsc to pal-sound

hey there,
i work on a program where half of the episodes is in ntsc and the other in pal.
to be able to broadcast it (in germany), it has to be converted into pal. we get this done by a local post facility.
so the picture will (hopefully!!) not be a problem.
but now i have to set up a timeline in pal for the converted cut and somehow get my mixed audio tracks
in there too. i have 4 tracks for the original clipsounds (sorry don't know what you call this in english),
2 tracks for voice over and 4 tracks for music. pretty standard i guess.
whats the best way to do this. i was told, the converted pal video will have the same length than the original ntsc cut.
the cut is 29:03:24
as i need the sound cut in my new pal sequence, the only way i can think of is to copy and paste it from the ntsc sequence
into a new pal sequence. but that doesn't seem to be right. the total length has changed to 29:02:01 and there are 1 frame gaps
here and there. although the music tracks don't seem to be affected by that, (i guess because they don't really have a framerate??)
but it's still a mess and to short.
i get the converted video tomorrow and i have to process it really quick. so if it's true that the total length will not change, then i have
a real big problem because my sound will be to short and i have 1 frame gaps that i have to fill up!
now i hope that you people can tell me how to fix it!?!
pleeaase, i am not familiar with this 29,97 drop frame stuff!!!
thanks a lot.
andy

i tried that. it's actually the same result (lengthwise) you get, when you export an AIFF straight out
of FCP. but interessting enough, the file is still 5 frames shorter!
but anyway, i was hoping to get my actual sound edit into the new pal timeline, as i have to still
fiddle arround with it - insert VOs, dip music, create clean feeds and stuff like that.
so i basically need my sound edit with all tracks and clips in it, in a pal sequence, in sync with the converted video. :-)
is that possible?? does an OMF do that job? i know FCP can't open OMFs, but it sounds so right...
thanks for your help.
my sequence settings by the way are DV NTSC 29,97fps 720x480
sorry didn't get what you mean with the last sentence
andy

So I converted NTSC to PAL using nattress, but DVD issue now. Please read

So with Shanes help last night I managed to make the .mov PAL formatted. Now I went into DVD Studio Pro made my menus made sure it was PAL ready and started the burn process.
Yet it failed and the reason that DVD said is " Final PAL (Video):Invalid Video Asset"
Can anyone help me burn a proper PAL DVD?
Thanks

You might post at the DVDSP forum, too, but please return here if you get a helpful answer and close the thread.
I've never tried to do PAL, sorry, but I do know that DVDSP must be set up to work in PAL before you can use PAL assets. That, of course, is all in the manual.
Hope you get better advice.
bogiesan

Any tutorials on converting HD NTSC to PAL?

I have footage that was shot on a JVC camera, saved in a FCP file on a DVD disc. I was able to load the footage from the DVD onto the FCP timeline.
How can I covert it to PAL?
I have tried to understand the posts in this forum but everything is in bits and pieces. Are there any step-by-step instructions or tutorials available any where? Or is this process done by purchasing more software?
I have a Mac OS X, 4 x 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5.
Any hope?

You can convert NTSC to PAL using Compressor.
Other alternatives for standards conversion:
[JES Deinterlacer|http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html] -decent quality and free.
[Natress Standards Conversion|http://www.nattress.com/Products/standardsconversion/standardsconver sion.htm] -great quality, costs $100.
Or.... Take the original to a production facility that has either a Terranex or Snell & Wilcox converter. This will cost money so shop around. But you will get excellent results and it is real time, the other methods all take a very long time, even with a powerful high end Mac.

NTSC to PAL in AME CS4

Please advise if I missed the forum that is strictly for Adobe Media Encoder CS4, having found none I've chosen to post here.
I need to convert a standard NTSC DV file in the MS avi format to PAL DV in the Quicktime format.
While AME CS4 does a much better job than it's predecessor, it's still struggling with the frame rate interpolation, yielding video that's visibly dropping frames to achieve 25fps. Quality converters to a great job of masking the frame conversion.
My question is: 1) Am I missing some setting tweak that could improve the look of the PAL conversion? 2) If not, can anyone recommend another software encoder that DOES do an outstanding job of converting NTSC to PAL. I'm thinking of buying either Sorenson Squeeze or Canopus MediaCoder.
Brent

Try this process.
It was originally developed to create 24p DV files, but can also be used to convert NTSC to PAL (and quite well I might add). The details are in the Read Me.
Going from AVI to MOV is another issue, though. Not sure how specifically to do that one as I'm really not a Mac fan.

How do I convert an entire PAL DVD to NTSC, menus and all?

Hello everyone,
I've been given a set of PAL DVD's which need to be converted into NTSC. Now, from my understanding, there is no one program available that can do this, so I've had to rip all the video tracks off, convert them to NTSC mp2's and author the DVD from the ground up in DVDSP, build a VIDEO_TS file, then use Toast to compress to a single layer DVD and burn. If anyone knows a program that can convert an entire PAL DVD to NTSC, that would be greatly appreciated.
The next problem is that when I burn any of the DVD's and put them in a duplication tower (I'm not sure if that's the actual name, but it's one of those machines where you just put the original disc in the top drive and fill the other 8 or so drives under it with blanks), it says that the burn has failed. I have tried another duplication tower and end with the same result. One option I have not tried just yet is to change the brand of media I'm using to burn, but will do so next chance I get.
I'm not sure if the two problems are related or not, but I just thought it would help.
Thanks in advance.

2 options.
1) Best option - only available if you have the source material - Convert source material from PAL to NTSC using the Nattress standards converter.
http://www.nattress.com/Products/standardsconversion/standardsconversion.htm
or the JES deinterlacer:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html
It's also possible to do this in Compressor but not as good quality and longer render times.
2) If you don't have the source footage, you'll need to demux the file in MPeg Streamclip:
http://www.squared5.com/
then transcode the file as described here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1946985&#1946985

Does iDVD actually convert NTSC/PAL?

I was just dozing on the bed and had a moment of clarity...
Well, I've recently got a new iMac and got into this DVD thing I shoot movies of my family and send them back home on DVD. I'm in Japan (NTSC) and the family's back in England (PAL). My camera and iMac are all Japanese-bought.
I put my movies into iMovie then iDVD. I've made 3 or 4 movies so far. What I've been doing is rather troublesome, actually, but I've put the movies through to iDVD twice. The first time with iDVD preferences set to NTSC (my copy), then set to PAL (family's copy). This requires setting up the DVD menus, etc., twice in iDVD. Well, it's two completely different projects. A drag. Intuitively I feel this is wrong or unneccessary, so part of my query is whether this is necessary?
I've only had feedback on one movie so far - the first one. For that one I sent both an NTSC and PAL version back to see which worked or were better, etc., as I don't really understand the technology yet. Now according to my brother there was no difference between them (obviously he can play NTSC on his PAL player).
I've made a few more and sent PAL for the simple reason that England is a PAL country...
Then this 'moment of clarity' I just had was: that option in iDVD to set between NTSC and PAL, is that only to reflect the original tape and NOT to convert?? Have I, in fact, been sending NTSC DVDs only?? Or does it tell iDVD to convert to PAL when I send it an NTSC iMovie?
If it DOESN'T convert, that would explain why both were the same on my brother's player. In that case, does that mean I can only send inferior quality DVDs (I'm assuming PAL plays better than NTSC on a PAL player)?
On the other hand, the fact that they appear the same could be simply that the quality of both is not so good (the movies are just under an hour, with transitions and a little music).
Sorry, bit rambling, but I have a lot to learn, especially if I want to ensure my family get a good record of our lives here.
I remember when digital watches and calculators first became available. That was the height of technology. People were happier then...
Thanks in advance for any info and advice.
James
PS please reply as to an idiot

IDVD uses different templates depending on which format you choose. PAL and NTSC are different formats, not only in frame size, but color resolution, and frame rate.
Yes, PAL is superior to NTSC. However, some regions of the world can only play NTSC, others PAL... some can play both formats.
You must specify the format BEFORE starting a new iDVD project because you can change that setting over and over again after having started a project and it will actually only use the setting that it was set to when the new project was started. As in, change your video standard preference, then File > New... not the other way around.
As for transcoding... many apps do transcode, but by mistake, not by design. What I mean is, if you take NTSC footage (720x480 29.97 FPS Non-square pixels) and tell it to output it as PAL footage (720x576 25 FPS Square pixels), it will. It will convert it by stretching the pixels vertically and reducing the frame rate. Most may not even be able to notice the difference, especially when viewed on an analog device such as a TV... it might be more apparent on a digital device such as a computer. Another example would be to take a 320x240 Quicktime move and then add it to iDVD directly. It will stretch the content to fit the format that you have chosen. Now there is a drastic change in viewing quality because there was a drastic change in frame size. PAL and NTSC are quite close to one another by comparison.
All in all, you should shoot in PAL if you wish to output PAL DVDs and conversely shoot in NTSC if you wish to output NTSC DVDs. This will result in the best outcome.
NTSC is jokingly referred to as Never Twice the Same Color... meaning that NTSC has some of the worst color rendering out there. It is one of the primary reasons why the U.S. is FINALLY switching to HD... to say goodbye to the archaic format that has existed in the U.S. for well over 50 years. PAL too is going away. Cheer the arrival of HD... it is superior to both PAL and NTSC on a grand scale.

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