view captured pal footage on PC...

[eckoviscon]

gOOD DAY. jUST WANTED TO KNOW :

If I'll be able to capture from a sony pal camcorder to my pc, will I be able to view or play captured file(pal format) in my computer? if so, what tool should I use to view it on my PC?

tnx

[FulciLives]

gOOD DAY. jUST WANTED TO KNOW :

If I'll be able to capture from a sony pal camcorder to my pc, will I be able to view or play captured file(pal format) in my computer? if so, what tool should I use to view it on my PC?

tnx

All modern computer monitors are multi-system so there is no problem with either PAL or NTSC.

The problem is mostly with TELEVISIONS which tend to be either NTSC only or PAL only although the Europeans keep saying that most European TELEVISIONS are multi-format these days.

I live in the USA and a multi-system TV is rather rare here. Almost all of our TV models are NTSC only.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

P.S.
Is the SONY PAL camcorder a digital model (either Digital8 or DV) or is it analog such as 8mm or Hi8 etc?

It makes a difference as to how you transfer or capture.

[Sugar]

NTSC or PAL is only relevant if you want to output your video on a TV screen not on a computer monitor !!!!.

The best player for your captured program will depend on your capture format. As a strating point, you can always try windows media player which will play most format.

And yes, most TVs in Europe are multisystem PAL/NTSC, PAL/NTSC/SECAM, unlike here in the US.

[eckoviscon]

Thank you very much guys for the help. I think its an analog camcorder. I'll be using my WINFAST2000XP TV TUNER CARD and ULEAD VIDEO 7 for capturing. Is it just fine?

tnx again and more power.

God Bless

[FulciLives]

Thank you very much guys for the help. I think its an analog camcorder. I'll be using my WINFAST2000XP TV TUNER CARD and ULEAD VIDEO 7 for capturing. Is it just fine?

tnx again and more power.

God Bless

Should work as long as your software supports PAL
Also know that there are many different forms of PAL so be sure to find out which one is the correct one.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[eckoviscon]

Tnx again sir.

If I successfully capture said footage and able to view it on my pc my next inquiry is :

I have a graphics card that supports tv out. Will I be able to view(captured footage still on pal format) it on an ntsc television connected to my grahics card's tv out.

tnx