playing pal on ntsc at DVinfo.net

Jonathan Crocker · September 22nd, 2006, 12:09 PM

Once upon a time I loaded a DV tape recorded on a pal camera into my ntsc Sony DCR-TRV900 (intending only to re-use it) and was astounded to find that it played! I was even able to capture into Final Cut. I have since read that 'several sony models' have (or have had) this odd ability.

Has anyone tried this on an A1U or HC3?

Graham Hickling · September 22nd, 2006, 09:04 PM

Well it had never occurred to me to try...until now!

The situation with my US-bought Sony HC1 is that it will play back my old PAL DV tapes fine on the LCD screen and through the analogue ports, however I was NOT able to capture any PAL footage over firewire into Premiere.

I didnt experiment for long, so if anybody does succeed in getting this last part to work please do let us know!

Mauritius Seeger · October 30th, 2006, 06:18 PM

i remember in old days of dv there were some dongles on sale in the UK that allowed you to switch a sony PAL DV camcorder to NTSC and back. that's because sony made itentical models for both markets and just changed the software - on infact just a flag in the software. i very much assume it's the same with the hc1 / a1

September 22nd, 2006, 12:09 PM	#1
Jonathan Crocker Tourist Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Porsgrunn, Norway Posts: 4	playing pal on ntsc Once upon a time I loaded a DV tape recorded on a pal camera into my ntsc Sony DCR-TRV900 (intending only to re-use it) and was astounded to find that it played! I was even able to capture into Final Cut. I have since read that 'several sony models' have (or have had) this odd ability. Has anyone tried this on an A1U or HC3?

September 22nd, 2006, 09:04 PM	#2
Graham Hickling Trustee Join Date: May 2004 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 1,669	Well it had never occurred to me to try...until now! The situation with my US-bought Sony HC1 is that it will play back my old PAL DV tapes fine on the LCD screen and through the analogue ports, however I was NOT able to capture any PAL footage over firewire into Premiere. I didnt experiment for long, so if anybody does succeed in getting this last part to work please do let us know!

October 30th, 2006, 06:18 PM	#3
Mauritius Seeger Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London United Kingdom Posts: 77	i remember in old days of dv there were some dongles on sale in the UK that allowed you to switch a sony PAL DV camcorder to NTSC and back. that's because sony made itentical models for both markets and just changed the software - on infact just a flag in the software. i very much assume it's the same with the hc1 / a1