hi all,
I'll get straight to it, I bought a camcorder that was sold as PAL, an NTSC one arrived, I arranged a partial discount and kept it as recordings play back fine on my tv when connected directly as you'd expect. The real issues have now shown themselves when it comes to editing and burning to DVD.
I film in NTSC as I have no choice, but should I edit (premiere pro cs4) in a 50i pal timeline or 60i ntsc? Should I then export 50i or 60i? Is it best to keep the frame rate consistent throughout the editing?
I have canopus procoder which i've read converts great but it does not open .MTS files.
If the NTSC footage plays fine on my tv, should I edit, output and author a dvd ALL in NTSC? Would that also play back without the jittering/jagged edges etc that I'm seeing when I convert to PAL at different stages (either when exporting from premiere or when authoring the DVD)
I wont often mix PAL and NTSC footage in one timeline but I'll take the hit with that and possibly deinterlace which I think will fix it but also lose quality. For now I'm after a way of editing all NTSC footage to produce a DVD that'll play on British dvd players without stuttering/flickering/having jagged edges etc.
I've tried playing a HD PAL mpeg (exported from a HD NTSC timeline) on my PS3 directly and although the quality is fine, it seems like every 5th frame or so it skips a frame which looks like a stutter. I have exported an NTSC HD MPEG but have not yet watched it. If that works I can keep all of my edited pieces in NTSC mpeg for playback from my hard drive via PS3, however the real issues come when I want to burn a DVD to give to friends...
I'm desperate for some answers so if you have any input I'd love to hear it!
I'll get straight to it, I bought a camcorder that was sold as PAL, an NTSC one arrived, I arranged a partial discount and kept it as recordings play back fine on my tv when connected directly as you'd expect. The real issues have now shown themselves when it comes to editing and burning to DVD.
I film in NTSC as I have no choice, but should I edit (premiere pro cs4) in a 50i pal timeline or 60i ntsc? Should I then export 50i or 60i? Is it best to keep the frame rate consistent throughout the editing?
I have canopus procoder which i've read converts great but it does not open .MTS files.
If the NTSC footage plays fine on my tv, should I edit, output and author a dvd ALL in NTSC? Would that also play back without the jittering/jagged edges etc that I'm seeing when I convert to PAL at different stages (either when exporting from premiere or when authoring the DVD)
I wont often mix PAL and NTSC footage in one timeline but I'll take the hit with that and possibly deinterlace which I think will fix it but also lose quality. For now I'm after a way of editing all NTSC footage to produce a DVD that'll play on British dvd players without stuttering/flickering/having jagged edges etc.
I've tried playing a HD PAL mpeg (exported from a HD NTSC timeline) on my PS3 directly and although the quality is fine, it seems like every 5th frame or so it skips a frame which looks like a stutter. I have exported an NTSC HD MPEG but have not yet watched it. If that works I can keep all of my edited pieces in NTSC mpeg for playback from my hard drive via PS3, however the real issues come when I want to burn a DVD to give to friends...
I'm desperate for some answers so if you have any input I'd love to hear it!