Mystic PAL to NTSC

MichaelS wrote on 12/26/2005, 8:04 AM

This may be very simple, but it's important to know what I'm doing.

A customer has Mini DV tapes that were recorded in India on native equipment. I'm assuming that they are PAL. They are not viewable on an NTSC camera. He wants these transferred to NTSC for editing.

1. Can I do this in Vegas?

2. What's my workflow?

Good advice ASAP would truly be appreciated.

I hope everyone had a great holiday! Thanks!

Comments

GaryKleiner wrote on 12/26/2005, 9:11 AM

Do you have access to a Sony VX-2000 or similar camcorder? The NTSC models can play back PAL DV.

I would do the edit in PAL, then render to NTSC as the last step.

Gary

MichaelS wrote on 12/26/2005, 9:25 AM

Gary,

Thanks for helping an old guy!

What I've been asked to do is to convert these tapes to DV NTSC.

I don't have access to a Sony VX-2000. Can I import the foreign video using any NTSC camera vie firewire, then do the conversion in Vegas, then print to tape?

Thanks!

GaryKleiner wrote on 12/26/2005, 11:19 AM

AFAIK, you need a DV device capable of PAL playback, though I've never tried it otherwise.

Gary

farss wrote on 12/26/2005, 1:00 PM

DSR-11 will handle both PAL and NTSC.
As said though it would be better to edit in the source format and THEN convert. That why the client can deliver both PAL and NTSC versions of the final product. Going from PAL to NTSC you are downscaling so the results should be very good, going back the other way isn't. So if he produces a NTSC master and then needs a PAL version he'll be going from NTSC back to PAL, yuck!

If you're really stuck as the client insists on creating NTSC dubs then once you manage to copy the tapes into Vegas it does do quite a good job. Not quite as good as the results you'll get on top shelf broadcast hardware boxes though.
Bob.