gat@robotics.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Erann Gat) (07/25/90)
Does anyone know how to convert a PAL (european) format video tape into NTSC format? Thanks in advance, Erann Gat gat@robotics.jpl.nasa.gov / gat@ai.mt.edu
wrs@mcshh.hanse.de (Wolfgang R. Schulz) (07/29/90)
gat@robotics.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Erann Gat) writes: >Does anyone know how to convert a PAL (european) format video >tape into NTSC format? >Thanks in advance, >Erann Gat >gat@robotics.jpl.nasa.gov / gat@ai.mt.edu Amazing how often this question is asked lately. Once again: the conversions between PAL and NTSC, any direction, need a digital converter if you want a good quality. These converters cost between some 30,000 and 300,000 US$. To rent time on them, at least here in Europe, you pay between $3 and $6 per minute (!). A simple method, which results in low quality, would be to play a PAL tape and regular PAL equipment/monitor, place an NTSC camera in front of the monitor any record the image on an NTSC recorder. You get a 10 Hz flicker that way, depending on the kind of camera you are using. There are also circuit boards available called "Image Translators", if I am not mistaken in the $400 range, which you can have built into you NTSC machine so that it converts the PAL coding into NTSC coding. But be aware: You still get a 50 frame /625 line image, and some TV sets may not accept that. The picture may "run" and you may be missing 100 lines ( a circle may look like an egg ), but it is a compromise. You CAN NOT dub these tapes to an NTSC machine! Greetings, Wolfgang R. Schulz >>>wrs@mcshh.hanse.de #1 in <<< [A[A>>>German Television proudly presents: NDR-TV<<<[B >>>gtc!0405521878-1%btx@uunet.uu.net Northern< >>>0002412526@mcimail.com Germany<< --> 63.