Video Out of Sync when changing project settings VS11 Plus

ffxdean · Post by **ffxdean** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:41 am

Hi, well just to make it short, i have completed a video (mistakenly using the PAL settings which instead should be NTSC) although when i change the project settings from PAL to NTSC the video seems to be out of sync. Any solutions on how to fix this problem? should i contact the tech support?

Here are my PC Specs:
TOSHIBA M110/JOO
Intel Duo Core 1.73Ghz
2GB RAM
80GB Hard Drive
OS: Windows XP Home SP2
MATSUSHITA DVD-+RAM 1.63b
Speakers: Harman/Kardon
Direct X 9.0C (august 2007 version)
Ulead VideoStudio 11 Plus

Specs of the video files:
NTSC
MPEG-2
720x480
30fps

Project Settings:
PAL DVD
MPEG-2
720x576
25fps

Any help will be great, as i do not want to re-edit everything again.

Thankyou

Post by **Ron P.** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:12 am

What I can see is that the frame rate for your NTSC is wrong. It should be 29.97.

If you saved the project file (.vsp), then go back change your project properties to match your video properties. Then re-render (share>create video file), or try share>create disc. It will still need to create the DVD MPEG2 file for the disc.

ffxdean · Post by **ffxdean** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:20 am

Hi, okay but it still becomes out of sync any ideas? Oh yeah i have 2 short edited PAL Vids included in the timeline could that be a problem as well?

Post by **Ron P.** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:26 am

Yes that probably is. It is not easy for consumer level editing programs to be able to convert PAL to NTSC. The reason being is the frame sizes and frame rates are so different.

With PAL the frame rate is only 25 fps, where NTSC is 29.97fps. So the program must create additional frames to fill up the missing 4.97fps that NTSC requires. This can cause your sync issue, as well as jerkiness in the video.

It's bad enough trying to mix several different file formats from the same TV standard, let alone trying to mix the different TV standards in the same project. Just doesn't work..

ffxdean · Post by **ffxdean** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:32 am

okay thanks anyways

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:20 am

We usually suggest to people that if their intention is to send a DVD to an NTSC country when they themselves live in a PALK country, to send it in PAL format. While most PAL DVD players will play NTSC DVDs with no trouble, the reverse has not always been true. But as I understand it, more and more are able to read PAL discs.

Your problem, though, is that somehow or other, you are using some NTSC format files. To be frank, I agree with Ron that it is too big an ask of a consumer level product to do the PAL/NTSC conversion. The only program that I know of which does a good of it is Canopus ProCoder. But the emphasis is on the 'Pro" in the title, and as such it costs big $$$.