25 fps -> 29.97?

[dr9553]

I am having trouble converting a VCD mpeg from 25-> 29.97 fps... is this possible and how?

[brian_reilly]

Did you try using FFMPEGX? It converted a PAL video to NTSC for me while it was encoding it in MPEG format.

[ZeroSix]

there are a few options... One would be to re-encode the video at a NTSC resolution [352x240] while keeping the PAL framerate and most players [including mine] have no problems playing them back...

But if you are looking to convert to a true NTSC, then there is only one GOOD option.

First you must convert the movie using mencoder to a divx .avi file that you can export in Quicktime. Unf, Quicktime wont let you export MPEG files so this conversion is necessary.

Open your terminal and navigate to the directory that your .mpg file is in. Type the following:

mencoder -ovc lavc -oac pcm /input/movie.mpg -o /path/to/your/output.avi

After awhile, you will get a .avi file that you can open directly in quicktime and export it to TOAST VCD using NTSC. This will take a long time to do, but it requires no attention.

Hope this helps.

[AntnyMD]

Why convert it at all? The VCD standard provides for three framerates: 24, 25 and 29.97. Every VCD player that's 100% compliant will play each of these framerates.

[ZeroSix]

Some players cannot display PAL discs properly and some tvs cannot either.

Such as my player, for instance. It has a hardware modification to display in PAL when a PAL disc is inserted and there is no way i know of to work around that, except to re-encode.

Maybe he just likes the look of a 352x240 resolution.

[AntnyMD]

Thats just bizarre ... Every VCD player and DVD player I've purchased (from what it feels like, every corner of the planet) has had a button labeled N/P to switch back and forth for PAL and NTSC discs for the player to handle the framerate.

Most people's problem comes from old TVs. With that I have no experience -- Both my televisions were manufactured after 1994 (after 1997 actually) and can display PAL discs properly (I live in an NTSC country).

In my DVD players, I set the display type to "Auto" so it auto-detects if its a PAL disc or an NTSC disc -- and the television just shows the picture. Without that, I wouldn't know what to do with all these VCDs I bought from eurekamovies.com. Are they still a site sponsor?

[MikeL2k]

All that is needed is TMPEnc. Just open the PAL video, set the VCD NTSC template and encode, vola. Your converted.

[qshartle]

another PC answer in a MAC forum...........dumbasses!




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