Conversion of an NTSC video tape to a PAL DVD

Paul Shiels · Post by **Paul Shiels** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:10 am

I have been sent an NTSC video tape from a friend overseas and was wondering, as I'm very new ro this Video Studio 9, whether I can convert it to a PAL DVD in order to view.

Thanks for any help forthcoming

Post by **Ron P.** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:42 am

Hi Paul,

Yes this can be done Read This Post

Regards

Ron P.

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 2:08 pm

The problem might be how to get it into your computer. Is it an actual tape? If so, do you have any tape-playback devices that will play the NTSC Tape?

George

Paul Shiels · Post by **Paul Shiels** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:55 pm

I'm using a TEAC VCR capable of playing PAL/NTSC to capture the video. I have been able to get as far as capturing the video in black and white, but have difficulties getting the colour,

vidoman I have done a search and have been only able to come up with NTSC to PAL which I've tried to follow in the opposite direction, but it fails to work. So, be more constructive or don't answer at all.

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:52 pm

Paul Shiels wrote:So, be more constructive or don't answer at all.

Paul,

If someone points you to a thread that could help answer your question/issue, you shouldn't be so rude...

Regards,
George

Paul Shiels · Post by **Paul Shiels** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:03 pm

Thanks George. I didn't realise that I had to click it.

Sorry vidoman..thanks for your help!

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:34 am

Paul Shiels
The problem you face is Hardware related and not software.
I have a Hauppauge TV card which I used to convert my entire collection of VHS tapes to DVD, the Tapes found their way to the local rubbish tip!

My wife wanted a certain Christmassy Film that was not at the time available in PAL and I had to purchase a copy from America via the internet. Obvioulsy the tape was in NTSC.

I could only get the Hauppauge TV card to display the tape in Monochrome and so did an extensive amount of research into this problem.

It is all to do with the TV Tuner built into the TV Card and nothing at all to do with the Video Recorder. The only way you would get colour is to purchase a TV card from "NTSC" land so that you get a card with the correct tuner.

People living in America etc who use NTSC will have the exact same problem if they try to record a PAL tape into their computers.

Regards
Steve J

Paul Shiels · Post by **Paul Shiels** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 9:00 am

Thanks Steve...the TV card I use is "WinFast TV2000 XP WDM Video Capture". By the sounds of what you are saying that could be the problem.