EP VHS tape to DVD problem

[Lucky]

I am from Europe so I'm in PAL region and I have Panasonic VCR with NTSC video cassette that is in EP format. Now I usually connect my VCR with a USB cable/ device called "EasyCAP". Usually when I put PAL tapes it transfers it very fine and I usually use Golden Videos program or sometimes Ulead VideoStudio SE DVD and like I said it doesn't make problems.

But when I put this NTSC EP cassette in which is fine on TV but on computer I get black and white picture. It's like when I put PAL cassette and don't set PAL/NTSC region in options so it gets black and white on computer.

So what should I do? Can someone recommend me some better software perhaps?

[Lucky]

OK I tried switching on VCR it to play on MESECAM format and I actually get color in Ulead and Gold Videos when I set it to PAL but the picture gets frozen and cut in half by "tracking" but when I switch it to NTSC in Ulead and Gold Videos I get fluid picture but in B&W.

[skier-hughes]

The problem is NTSC and PAL are two different standards. To get it to work properly you need to get an NTSC vcr.

[teknisyan]

If you have the newer VCR, they should be able to play your tape.

[Ron P.]

Newer VCR? They are all but extinct now. The last time I looked, I could only find a scant couple of DVD-VCR Combo decks, and I can no longer find VHS tapes. That was about a year ago. I don't think VCRs were ever made to accept both PAL and NTSC regions.

[skier-hughes]

ebay, that's where I got mine from

[BrianCee]

While I believe it is true Ron that there never was an NTSC VCR which could play PAL tapes, here in Europe it was possible to buy a VCR which played PAL and NTSC tapes - the output when playing NTSC was a psuedo-PAL which although not fully complying with the PAL spec was close enough to be able to view on a standard PAL TV.

[Ron P.]

Learn something new everyday.. Thanks Brian.