Convert captured AVI (NTSC) to PAL?

[moorthy]

I have an avi (29.97 FPS, NTSC) that I'd like to encode to PAL MPEG (to burn onto a DVD).

Will this work?

I'd try it for myself, but I don't have a PAL DVD player handy.

It's for a friend in England.

[The Miracle Man]

Yes this can be done, you should give TMPGEnc a try. It has the ability to convert between the two. And once you make the dvd if you try to play it, it would look like a it is flickering or scrolling up and down the screen. But that depends if your dvd player would even be willing to give the pal version a try

[Totta]

I would try this approach.

Step1: Convert from 29.97 fps to 23.976

* Start Virtualdub and open the AVI
* Chose File/Save Wav and save the wav for usage later
* Chose Video/Frame Rate and change to 23.976 frames per second and then tick one of the Inverse Telecine procedures.
* Chose File/Start Frame Server and give it a useful name with extension .vdr

You now have a frameserved AVI in 23.976 fps.

Step2: Convert from 23.976 fps to 25.000.

* Start another instance of Virtualdub
* Open the .vdr-file you created with the first instance of Virtualdub
* Chose Video/Frame Rate and change to 25 frames per second
* Chose File/Start Frame Server and start another frameserved AVI with another name.

Now you have a 25 ftp AVI with audio that is out of sync. No worries. We'll fix that one later.

Step3: Convert to MPEG2

* Open the second frameserved AVI in your MPEG-encoder of choise and create your MPEG2 with the sound out of sync. If your encoder doesn't like to open .vdr-files, you can use VFAPIConv or Link2 to create a pseudo-AVI of it which works instead.

Now you have a MPEG2 with the sound out of sync

Step4: Fixing the sound

* Open the MPEG2 in TMPGEnc (Use browse-button at the bottom row "Video Source") and chose File/Output to file/Wave File
* Open the recently created wav in GoldWave or CoolEdit or some other advanced Audio-application.
* Find out the EXACT length of that wav. Then close it
* Open the Wav you created in step1
* Change it's length to the same length as the other wav. In Goldwave you can do that in Effect/Pitch. In Cooledit you do it in Effects/TimePitch. Make sure only it's length is changed and that it's pitch remains the same, otherwise you'll end up with everything sounding like Donald Duck.
* Save the corrected wav with a new name

Now you have a wav that fits the new framerate

Step5: Muxing the sound

* First convert the sound to MP2. Open the wav in TMPGEnc by pressing the Browse button at the "Audio source"-field. Use default settings and click Start to create a MP2-file of the audio
* Chose File/MPEG Tools and Multiplex.
* Add the MPEG2 and remove it's audio-part. Then add your recently created MP2-file.
* Make sure that TYPE is MPEG2, Chose an output name and click RUN

Now you should have a MPEG2 at 25fps (PAL) with sound in sync.

Maybe there are easier ways to do this but I find it very easy and the results are really good. The only "cheating" about it is that the movie actually is played a LITTLE faster but that is not noticable since it's only about 1 frame per second faster than the original.

Happy converting.
/Totta

[SatStorm]

Totta's method is good

Also read here:
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=181377&highlight=

More steps this way, also need filespace, but the best possible quality that way, if you don't use avisynth


BTW, why you didn't do a forum search? It so easy you know and give instant answers!

[Totta]

Tip: If your source file is a MPEG, you can use DVD2AVI to create a frameserved AVI that can be opened in VirtualDub.

DVD2AVI works on almost all MPEG-files, not only VOB-files from DVDs.

/T

[SatStorm]

You can't also download virtualdub mod or virtual dub mpeg2 and open direct any mpeg 2 / Vob file.

[Totta]

True, but I don't like having like 36 different versions of Virtualdub on my computer

[SatStorm]

Well, those programs always update...
So, you always need to follow. Except, if you are so satifsy with what you use, so you don't wish to change it. If so, you are a very happy and mature person!

Personally, I use only virtualdub mpeg 2 for anything, and I'm very satisfied with the results...