720p conversion of PAL 25fps to NTSC 59.94fps using Handbrake?

[texas1]

recently downloaded an Australian feed sporting event which is 720p HD but PAL 25fps. I want to convert to NTSC 59.94fps if at all possible. I did use multiavchd but that made it 23.97fps and the result was a very slow looking blur on my HDTV.

so, can Handbrake provide the solution? It has so many options, I don't know which is correct. Which one(s) to use in Deinterlace, Detelecine, Decomb, Denoise (all in Video Filters)


found these guides on VideoHelp, but they appear to be only for SD. Anything for 720p

https://www.videohelp.com/guides/category/guides/category/how-to-convert-pal-to-ntsc-or...ions-4;41#4;41

or perhaps there is some other app besides Handbrake for this issue?

thanks very much for any help

[jagabo]

Your TV can't play 25 fps material?

[texas1]

the Sony BR player can play it on my Samsung Plasma, however, the video quality is terrible as everything appears in slow motion and blurred. 59.94fps is what I need , but is there a way to get there?

[jagabo]

Is it a 120 Hz or 240 Hz TV? Try turning off the motion smoothing option.

Handbrake has frame rate conversion but doesn't include 59.94 fps. Is your source really progressive? What container? Xvid4PSP has a similar GUI and frame rate conversion tools in the Video -> Interlace/Frame Rate section. Its options include repeating frames, blending frames, and motion interpolating frames.

[wulf109]

Try a simple conversion to an mkv file leaving it at 25FPS with Vidcoder. My Sony and LG BR players have no problem playing 25FPS mkv's on my Toshiba HDTV's.

[texas1]

TV is Samsung Plasma 60hz, but advertised at 600hz which is gimmick as far as I know, but that's a different issue.
Even on my Toshiba LCD, I do get the slow motion look with the same Sony BR player. I've tried all settings on the Samsung but no luck.

The source file is this per Mediainfo . How to see if that is PAL or NTSC? also, looks to be "progressive"

General Complete name :
Format : Matroska File size : 1.73 GiB Duration : 59mn 59s Overall bit rate : 4 126 Kbps Writing application : Lavf52.39.0 Writing library : Lavf52.39.0
Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : Main@L3.1 Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@3.1 Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC Duration : 59mn 59s Bit rate : 3 916 Kbps Width : 1 280 pixels Height : 720 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate : 25.000 fps Resolution : 8 bits Colorimetry : 4:2:0 Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.170 Stream size : 1.64 GiB (95%)
Audio ID : 2 Format : MPEG Audio Format version : Version 1 Format profile : Layer 3 Mode : Joint stereo Format_Settings_ModeExtension : MS Stereo Codec ID : A_MPEG/L3 Codec ID/Hint : MP3 Duration : 59mn 59s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 128 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz Stream size : 54.9 MiB (3%) Writing library : LAME3.98.2

[poisondeathray]

TV is Samsung Plasma 60hz, but advertised at 600hz which is gimmick as far as I know, but that's a different issue.
Even on my Toshiba LCD, I do get the slow motion look with the same Sony BR player. I've tried all settings on the Samsung but no luck.

The source file is this per Mediainfo . How to see if that is PAL or NTSC? also, looks to be "progressive"

"PAL" and "NTSC" terms don't really apply to HD

When you mean "slow motion" do you mean choppy? or something else? Because slow motion isn't the same thing

very slow looking blur on my HDTV.

"slow looking blur" is more likely your HDTV internal processing generating artifacts. I would disable the interpolation mode - I know you've said you tried, but this is likely the cause, look again

For example, How does it look on your computer ? (Played with software)




You can try to interpolate new "inbetween" frames, eg. with avisynth. But keep in mind you're starting with 25 actual frames per second, and your're trying to more than double that. There are often undesireable side effects like edge morphing. If you put porsche body kit on a Honda civic, it's still a Honda civic

[jagabo]

25 FPS is PAL. Xvid4PSP uses AviSynth for its motion interpolation option.