DV PAL preset?

I have heard that there is something called the "DV PAL Preset" that you can select in Compressor, but I don't know how to find it in the program (to convert from NTSC to PAL)
Please help ASAP!

Any frame rate conversion or size conversion requires re-encoding. NTSC to DV PAL requires both size and framerate conversion.
As far as I can see, there is no default Setting for DV, but you can copy any of the existing settings to make a custom setting, and then set the file format to "DV stream", and select "PAL" as the format. Then make sure to enable Frame Controls and set Rate Conversion to "Best", and Duration to "100% of source". You probably also want at least "Better" Resize filter.
Please don't ask two questions about the same basic problem, and please search the Discussion group before asking. Chances are that basic questions like this have been answered before.
Cheers,
Bernd

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This seems to be a continuation of the discussion you started in this thread.
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See this page for information about choosing settings at the beginning of your work depending on what your output will be.
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http://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2010/01/getting-started-with-after-eff.html
> As I mentioned, I'm in PAL land but my settings default to NSTC HDTV
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Ok, I've been a real dufus:
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QUOTE: "I know I have to recapture my clips using the anamorphic setting, but rummaging around the "advanced" section of "Audio/Visual Settings>Capture Presets>DV PAL 48 KHz>Compressor" I noticed that the settings were 'interlaced' and the aspect ratio was set to 4:3. Should I change these to 'progressive' and 16:9 so I can capture/edit/output my film to same quality as I shot it?"
- The 'Advanced' tab is actually in the 'Quicktime Settings' section not 'Compressor'. Do I take it that the 16:9 box in the 'Frame Size' area is for converting 4:3 on the tape to 16:9 in FCP rather than capturing 16:9 as shot on the tape?
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Hope you asked us to disregard because you figured it out or got help, not because you're giving up!
There are some excellent white papers (pdfs) on this site about FCP workflows.
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when i open the quicktime clips in qt-player, it shows as
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as nicely as this is, i would like to know how to get fcp to treat the video at it's native format and how to get compressor to encode it as such.
would prefer the dvd-player to decide how to display the video from there on...
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Hi Rene,
In oder to have handle FCP this in the right way you need to capture it as DV PAL anamorphic in the first place. An Easy Setup should exsist, but you can simply use DV PAL preset and set the anamorphic checkbox in the capture preset (preferences) as well as the timeline presets.
I you by accident did not capture the material as Anamorphic, you easily tell FCP that it really is anamorphic, by checkmarking the anamorphc column in the Browser.
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Then choose all clips in the sequence and Remove Attributes (Command-Option-V). In that pop-up menu choose Distort. This will remove the aspect settings that FCP created automattically when you dropped anamorphic material in a 4:3 timeline or vice versa.
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(*Ideally I want to create a MXF format render, but Compressor seems unable to do this?)
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wow, lightning fast response,
The problem is that I cant use anything else then 625i25 - thats how AJA describes it.
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Pixel Aspect Ratio: PAL - CCIR 601(720x576)
Field Dominance: NONE
Editing Timebase: 25
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Compressor: Uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2
Capture Preset
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QT video settings
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Hi,
I've created a number of NTSC short films in AE CS4. Burned onto DVD using Encore, they play fine. Now, I want to create PAL versions. I think I've worked out the equivalent comp settings to use but I'm not sure. Please can you look over the settings below and let me know if you can foresee any problems in the PAL settings and, if so, offer alternatives. Thanks.
For NTSC I use these comp settings (this is NOT for rendering; please see below for that.)
Preset - NTSC D1 Widescreen Square Pixel
Width - 872
Height - 486
Pixel aspect ratio - Square pixels
Frame rate - 29.97
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Is it these?
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1050
576
Pixel aspect - Square Pixel
Frame rate - 25
The PAL width seems very big, but then that's the default when you choose that PAL preset, so I'm guessing it's right.
RENDERING
I add all the above NTSC comps to one final comp, which is rendered to m2v using these settings
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If I want to render the PAL comps, what are the equivalent settings, please?
Will they be:
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720
576
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25 frame rate
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Hi Dave,
Thanks for helping out.
No, there are no frame rate issues. Everything was created in AE.
I've heard PAL players will play NTSC, but do all PAL players play NTSC and, if not, what percentage don't? I'd be interested in any stats that anyone has.
The problem is that this DVD is for a small commercial project that will sell predominantly in the US and UK, but potentially anywhere in the world through my website, so it has to play any and all PAL players. Any problems, and I'll get disgruntled emails, refund requests and a bad reputation.
So I could take all the NTSC comps using the settings above, nest them in a PAL comp, again using the settings above that I've listed under RENDER, and everything should be fine? Is it really that simple?
Thanks,
Steve

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