Why can't I capture at 720x576 on Ulead Video Studio 6 or 7?

[funkydude74]

Hi all. I'm having a real problem with using Ulead Video Studio 6 or 7. Basically I want to capture video at a resolution of 720x576. Now the templates let ya have that setting and you can output video as 720x576 but when capturing the "Video Format" section only lets you have a max resolution of "720x480" which is NTSC standards and it's really driving me crazy because there's NO way I can capture at 720x576. I'm in Australia and we use PAL D and the proper resolution for PAL is 720x576 and when I capture 720x480 The picture doesnt look so good plus it stuffs up the fields.

Now I was wondering if there's ANY way at all to configure Ulead Video Studio so I can use a capture "Video Format" of 720x576????? Do I have to do some fancy pancy programming of some files to get 720x576 or some buggerising with the registries?????

I'm having the same problem with Adobe Premiere too. I can record at 720x576 in a few programs like Virtual Dub and Free VCR but I get gross frame droppage in those programs whereas in Ulead I rarely ever get frame droppage.

If anyone can help me solve this problem I'll be sooooo happy.

Cheers
Troy

[funkydude74]

Ahh just discovered something on Ulead Video studio 7. The capture setting was at 29.997 fps (NTSC standard) so when I adjusted it down to 25 fps, surprise surprise I got the option of setting 720x576!!!!!

So disregard this post.

Cheers
Troy

[dmz]

Someone earlier told me that in australia we use pal_b not PAL_d.

cheers

david

[Numbat]

Look at this address if you are interested in the various TV standards:

http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/WorldTV/broadcast.html#country