Editing Pal 25p with NTSC 30p

Rasa wrote on 6/21/2006, 1:08 PM

I did some searches already and am still confused about working with Pal and NTSC together in a project. I am editing a documentary that was shot on a PAL DVX100A at 25p and on a NTSC GL2 in frame mode 30p. The final output will be to an NTSC DVD.

What are some of the issues I will have when rendering the mixed frame rates and what is the optimal final frame rate?

Thanks in advance.
Rasa

Comments

farss wrote on 6/21/2006, 3:40 PM

Well for NTSC DVD you're kind of stuck with 60i, Vegas should do a good job of converting the 25p to 30p, I'd render the 25p to 30p using Vegas set to Best and de-interlace set to Merge.
Then bring all the footage into a 30p project and encode to 60i

This will preserve the progressive look of the footage I think.

Needless to say do a test on a small section of the 25p and 30p footage, preferably ones with fast motion.

Bob.

Rasa wrote on 6/21/2006, 4:54 PM

I have now tested many different settings and it seems that simply rendering from 25p to NTSC 29.97 lower field first works fine. There is a very slight haze that occurs that can be countered using Sharpen set at .100 . The progressive look is maintained also. This is all viewed on a computer monitor.

I guess I should try buring some clips to a DVD and check them on a TV.