Can't make NTSC projects in Video Studio Pro X3

roylefamily · Post by **roylefamily** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:17 am

Hello all,

I have a NTSC Panasonic HDC-SD5 camers and VW-BN1 dvd burner that came with the camera. I am trialing Corel Video Studio Pro VSX3. My intention is to make no title NTSC avchd discs on dvd-r to play to the big telly via the camera and VW-BN1 dvd burner with a hdmi cable.

I perhaps foolishly told the program installer that I was in Australia. No NTSC options appear in the create video file pull down menu. Do I need to uninstall, re-install and pretend to be in the USA?

I wish to make a NTSC avchd file. If I select same as first video clip I get a .mpg file that is ntsc. Is this any use to me? Can I just rename it .m2ts?

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:33 am

Using the Make Movie Manager will allow you to create your own templates.
Using the Add function will create one using your video files properties.

The template should show in Share-Create Video file list.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:17 am

The mpg clip you created will have all the properties of an AVCHD video. There is no particularly magic in the extension. Or is there a particular reason you have to have m2ts as the extension?

If you think you need them to burn your AVCHD hybrid disc, you don't -- though you will find that on the burned disc, in the STREAM sub-folder, the files in fact will use the m2ts extension...

Van Rouge · Post by **Van Rouge** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:36 pm

If you reinstall you can choose NTSC as the default

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:21 am

Van Rouge wrote:If you reinstall you can choose NTSC as the default

Yes but....
If you are in Australia you should be using PAL.
If you re-install and set it to NTSC you will later have the same problem but the other way round - i.e. you will have problems creating your PAL projects.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:25 am

I didn't enter into that argument since he was so adamant that he wants an NTSC video. But I am mystified as to why -- perhaps if he intends to send it to North America. But all he has said is that he wants to play it on his HDTV. But I would assume that his HDTV in Melbourne would also be PAL.

And I am afraid I don't know enough about Blu-Ray players to know if they can play both PAL and NTSC discs or video. But I would assume that since most standard DVD players in recent years could do so, that technology may also have been included in Blu-Ray players. (I don't have any NTSC video to test it on my PS3, for instance).

But equally, if that is the case, then I would think that even if he is sending something to North America, then players there should also be able to play PAL...

roylefamily · Post by **roylefamily** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:03 am

Buy ordering an ntsc camera from the big video shop in new york I achieved a 37% saving.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:34 pm

My experience with big camera stores in NY is that they usually have PAL models as well...

But that's as may be. But if all your video projects are going to be NTSC, then simply reinstall VS using NTSC as the TV system...

roylefamily · Post by **roylefamily** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 2:44 am

They did but it was much more expensive. 1920x1080 29.9fps was ok by me. All irrelevant really on the big plasma.

I'm not intersted in sd dvd output.