SELECTING 50hz as video input (pal to ntsc) in capture

[markiz2001]

I live in canada, have a PAL-tape and a PAL-vcr without an internal converter. so I got an external converter, but it is stupid and requires a 50hz compatible ntsc tv to display correctly. My tv doesnt have that i dont think. I wanna watch/capture it on the computer, but cant find software or option where i can select at how many hz i want the capture to be.. what do I do??

how do I select 50hz, or auto-sync, or whatever , so that the 50hz signal will be read at 50hz not 60hz like all software seem to be doing by default..

thanks alot to anybody who knows

[johns0]

To capture in pal you have to change the device setting to pal,i can do this on my capture card,in virtualvcr you would go to settings/video/device settings and choose pal_b.

[markiz2001]

thanks, but it doesnt work. I can choose pal_m, pal_n, pal_b and all the other pals in all the other software, but none of the pals work. the image flickers constanly. only if i select pal_60 does it stay okay, except the image flicker heavily in 15-30 sec intervals.

maybe its because og my video capture card. ATI AiW 7500 which says it's ntsc (on the box) and it also supports pal_m, pal_n, but when I choose those it doesnt change anything.

maybe the problem is that my PAL-VCR, which has ntsc playback, outputs at PAL at 60hz (im guessing) . and my capture card cant recognize it at 60hz, although it may have been able to do so under pal_m, pal_n if it were at 50hz like its supposed to be.

[johns0]

Can you set the vcr to play at 50hz pal?

[The_Doman]

maybe the problem is that my PAL-VCR, which has ntsc playback, outputs at PAL at 60hz (im guessing)

Nomally a standard PAL VCR will playback a PAL tape just as PAL/50hz. (ofcourse)
If it has NTSC playback it will put out a PAL60 signal when playing a NTSC tape, which is 60hz.

[markiz2001]

nope.. wish i could.

[dj4monie]

What version of MMC are you using?