PAL to NTSC conversions advice please !

[beammeup]

Hi

I have good quality footage from a PAL HI 8 video tape. I capture it as PAL DV.
When I convert it to NTSC MPG2, the footage is slightly jerky, mainly on scenes such as
panning or zooming in and out.

I use Pro coder 1.5 to do the conversion. The bit rate is around 7000.

Can anybody recommend another application that will do PAL to NTSC seamlessly.

I have no problems going the other way NTSC to PAL.

Thanks
Scott

[freebird73717]

Using the encoder of your choice encode the video as ntsc resolution 352x240, 352x480, or 720x480 with pal framerate of 25fps. Then apply dgpulldown 25->29.97 to that elementary video stream. Output will be an ntsc elementary video stream. Author with that stream and original audio.

[lordsmurf]

Your PAL source is interlaced (or at least it should be).
freebird73717's information is wrong for interlaced footage.

Follow this guide: http://www.digitalfaq.com/guides/video/convert-pal-ntsc.htm

Procoder conversion will be craptastic. Good encoder, lackluster formats converter.

[edDV]

You didn't say why you want to do this.

PAL plays OK to a PC or certain DVD players.

Software conversion to NTSC is difficult and disappointing,

[Noahtuck]

Your PAL source is interlaced (or at least it should be).
freebird73717's information is wrong for interlaced footage.

Follow this guide: http://www.digitalfaq.com/guides/video/convert-pal-ntsc.htm

Procoder conversion will be craptastic. Good encoder, lackluster formats converter.

That was the first thing i thought also, It was because of not being deinterlaced.
But then i thought about it and it could be jerkiness from an incorrect frame rate conversion also.

Which is why i always use TMPGEnc over anything else for PAL to NTSC conversions.

Once again, for the 1000th time this week, just a guess from lack of useful information....
6 years, 56 post's and obviously minimal reading or searching....