PAL to NTSC conversion with TMPGEnc

[Ove]

I use TMPGEnc to convert my Digital Video PAL AVI file to NTSC mpeg2. When the camera pans sideways I see a pronounced jerky motion in the film. Is there a way to smooth out this jerkiness or does TMPGEnc just stuff in an extra frame once in a while to get up to 30 fps?

If this has been discussed in the past, please point me to the appropriate thread.

Your help will be appreciated,

Ove

[banjazzer]

Use the search option. Where do you suppose the extra frames actually come from, when going from 25 to 29.37? 8)

[Ove]

Thanks. I found another disucssion where you suggest to convert to NTSC film 24 fps. I planed to burn DVDs using my HP DVD200i. Is there a DVD NTSCfilm template? I see them for VCD and SVCD but no one for DVD.

Would a NTSCfilm work as a DVD file? The DVD authoring software MyDVD from Sonic probably would complain.

Ove

[banjazzer]

Well, I'm in terra ingognita here. 8) But http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvd.htm suggests a DVD NTSC(film) should be feasible. You can always create your own by using the unlock template.

[Ove]

I unlocked the SuperVideoCD (NTSCfilm).mcf template and changed the appropriate parameters to DVD settings. The good news was that the DVD burner software recognized this as a valid NTSC file for burning. Also, the jerkiness was smoothed out. The bad news was that interlacing noise was introduced that made this picture slighty worse than a straight PAL to NTSC conversion with extra frames.

I think I'll live with the jerkiness but a better quality picture until more US TV sets can receive PAL.

Ove