Shooting 60i to be converted to PAL at DVinfo.net

Jeff Harper · January 5th, 2010, 03:46 PM

I'm shooting a short interview tomorrow and it will be delivered in PAL format. Is there anything I should know about PAL? Do I just render it out in a PAL format in Vegas and use PAL settings in DVDA?

I've explained to the client that the chances are that the DVD players in India will normally play both, but they still want PAL.

Chris Harding · January 5th, 2010, 05:14 PM

Hi Jeff

I suspect it will be much the same as the other way around?? I often am asked for NTSC versions of weddings for brides that have family in the USA. I shoot in 50i and then simply render the clips as MPEG2 using the DVD NTSC Widescreen preset. You might find that Vegas 9 doesn't have a DVD PAL Widescreen preset..My Version 7 had it but it was missing in 9 ...I just changed the aspect to 16:9 in Custom and saved the preset.

However you didn't say whether you are supplying this final video in HD or SD????

Chris

Seth Bloombaum · January 5th, 2010, 06:38 PM

Jeff, I used roughly that workflow on a PAL project a couple years ago, it was well received in Turkey.

The only addition to the above: the DVD player/sw on my laptop will not only play PAL DVD-Video, but, it confirms that it is a PAL DVD. That was of some comfort! That's the just the vanilla Cyberlink PowerDVD that came with the laptop.

Jeff Harper · January 7th, 2010, 08:46 AM

Thanks guys, I'll be working on the DVD in a few minutes, let you know how it goes.

Steve Renouf · January 8th, 2010, 07:09 PM

Just as a point of interest (don't know if it's the same in USA) but just about every player you can get anywhere these days plays NTSC as well as PAL/SECAM

Edit: I should say though, that PAL ones do look much better than the NTSC ones on a 50Hz PAL TV/Monitor

January 5th, 2010, 03:46 PM	#1
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Shooting 60i to be converted to PAL I'm shooting a short interview tomorrow and it will be delivered in PAL format. Is there anything I should know about PAL? Do I just render it out in a PAL format in Vegas and use PAL settings in DVDA? I've explained to the client that the chances are that the DVD players in India will normally play both, but they still want PAL.

January 5th, 2010, 06:38 PM	#3
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	Jeff, I used roughly that workflow on a PAL project a couple years ago, it was well received in Turkey. The only addition to the above: the DVD player/sw on my laptop will not only play PAL DVD-Video, but, it confirms that it is a PAL DVD. That was of some comfort! That's the just the vanilla Cyberlink PowerDVD that came with the laptop. __________________ 30 years of pro media production. Vegas user since 1.0. Webcaster since 1997. Freelancer since 2000. College instructor since 2001.

January 5th, 2010, 05:14 PM	#2
Chris Harding Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 8,441	Hi Jeff I suspect it will be much the same as the other way around?? I often am asked for NTSC versions of weddings for brides that have family in the USA. I shoot in 50i and then simply render the clips as MPEG2 using the DVD NTSC Widescreen preset. You might find that Vegas 9 doesn't have a DVD PAL Widescreen preset..My Version 7 had it but it was missing in 9 ...I just changed the aspect to 16:9 in Custom and saved the preset. However you didn't say whether you are supplying this final video in HD or SD???? Chris

January 7th, 2010, 08:46 AM	#4
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Thanks guys, I'll be working on the DVD in a few minutes, let you know how it goes.

January 8th, 2010, 07:09 PM	#5
Steve Renouf Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Jersey, GB Posts: 182	Just as a point of interest (don't know if it's the same in USA) but just about every player you can get anywhere these days plays NTSC as well as PAL/SECAM Edit: I should say though, that PAL ones do look much better than the NTSC ones on a 50Hz PAL TV/Monitor