need a quick answer for pal-ntsc

dvideo wrote on 4/20/2006, 12:10 PM

if i have a 2 hour pal tape and need to transfer it to ntsc, how much time will it take up on the ntsc tape----i know the speeds run differently, but am unsure of the exact ratio.
thank

Comments

Marquat wrote on 4/20/2006, 12:22 PM

2 hours

Former user wrote on 4/20/2006, 12:23 PM

IF transferred properly, it will still be a 2 hour show.

Are you thinking about the LENGTH OF THE TAPE as opposed to the LENGTH OF THE PROGRAM?

Dave T2

dvideo wrote on 4/20/2006, 12:43 PM

tape length-----ive been told that a 1 hr pal tape should result in a one hour 10 to 2o min ntsc tape----no?

baysidebas wrote on 4/20/2006, 12:57 PM

If I remember correctly (VHS seems to be so long ago) NTSC T-120 cassettes were identical to the PAL E-180s. So the same length of tape held 50% more video in PAL than in NTSC.

farss wrote on 4/20/2006, 1:42 PM

For VHS this is correct, for DV it's exactly the same. The DV data rate and hence tape speed is the same for PAL and NTSC. With VHS the same number of frames are written per inch of tape hence NTSC eats more tape.
Bob.