DaveO 0 #1 January 7, 2004 Is there any way to convert a digital PAL video to a NTSC format? My Sony PC-105 will play it but nothing else will. Suggestions."When it comes to BASE, I'll never give advice, only my opinion" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blair700 0 #2 January 7, 2004 QuoteSuggestions. Try searching the Photography and Video Forum Blair Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #3 January 7, 2004 I've done it many times. The easiest options are: 1) Own a Macintosh computer--that makes it super simple. 2) Send it out to a commercial service. 3) Buy a Sony Video Walkman that can input/output various standards.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #4 January 7, 2004 QuoteQuoteSuggestions. Try searching the Photography and Video Forum Blair Ah. There is that. Perhaps I'll do my moderation thingy...-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaveO 0 #5 January 7, 2004 Do you have a specific produst name.? I found a Sony GV-D1000. It didn't say anything about imput/output various standards."When it comes to BASE, I'll never give advice, only my opinion" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #6 January 7, 2004 Actually, I went with choice #1. The only video walkman I've played with (it was a Sony, but I can't remember the model) just had switches on it for PAL/NTSC. I didn't use it for conversions, but the owner said that he had done so. I think he was able to put the PAL tape in and just tell the walkman to output NTSC.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #7 January 8, 2004 Mine doesn't do this, its DV300 (the wee one without the screen). There is software put there, but if you have lots of footage eg over 10 minutes, I'd be tempted to send it out, otherwise you could be pissing around for hours.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeorgeKat 0 #8 January 9, 2004 Try and get an Aiwa MX-100 Pal-NTSC VCR/Converter. You will have to go through an analog step but the losses are (arguably) less than you will get by any other system. I bought one of these about a year ago and I think they may be discontinued. Anyone know more? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigG 0 #9 January 10, 2004 Try this site...http://www.dvunlimited.com/. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ralf 0 #10 January 19, 2004 If you look at the scan rates and scan lines, some of the ways that "work" to convert don't make sense, yet you end up with a usable picture. I wonder if part of the picture is being clipped off, or the speed moditied/frames dropped, but the video processing circuits are just doing the best they can. I have seen a Sony pal videocam firewire to a NTSC camera, then the video signal sent through a NTSC editing board and recorded on a VHS NTSC tape. Nothing in there was designed to convert the signal. When infestigating PAL-NTSC equipment, remember a multiformat system and a converting multiformat system is not the same. A multiformat VCR can play a PAL tape, and the output will only be PAL. If it receives a NTSC signal, it can only record a NTSC signal on the video tape. If you succeed in getting a signal from PAL to NTSC (or the reverse) w/out a converter (built in or stand along box), you have a limited solution, be careful about trying to apply it to something bigger. Check for the picture being cropped. Blue Skies, Ralf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
