WhyAVI clips from digicam 30 not 25 fps?

[terrypin]

I've just noticed that the AVI movie clips I get from my Canon Ixus 60 (Powershot 60 outside UK?) have a frame rate of 30 fps, instead of 25. I have the camera set to PAL, not NTSC, so isn't that wrong? I'm worried that it might cause problems when I include such clips in DVDs for playing on my TV, although those I've tried so far do seem to display OK.

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Terry Pinnell, West Sussex, UK

[Baldrick]

The PAL and NTSC is just probably for video output to a tv. Can't you change FPS? but probably no 25 fps option...

But some video encoders can do good framerate conversion to pal like procoder.

Or just make a NTSC dvd...it will work on most european dvd players and tvs anyway.

[guns1inger]

Format (PAL/NTSC) is only for outputting a signal to a TV. Full framerate for still cameras is 30fps, some will also allow do 15 fps at lower resolution.

Why - because they expect you to buy a DV camera to capture DV. Video on still cameras is a novelty not meant for producing quality video.