This is my setup:

capture card = ATI 64MB Radeon with Video In/Out (NTSC)
VCR = Sony Multisystem SLV-ED95 PAL/NTSC
PC = P3 850MHz, 128Mb RAM, Win98FE

The Sony VCR is a multisystem player. I bought it in South Africa. It plays NTSC fine (on my card, and NTSC TV). PAL plays b&w on my TV (VCR needs a multisystem TV, very hard to find in US). When I try and play a PAL tape through the Radeon card, I get crap.

Questions:
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A) Is there a way to switch the card from NTSC to PAL signal mode, via software or BIOS upgrade?

B) Would it let me view the PAL signal on my monitor - I'm in the US (I guess my question here is - if I were to somehow swop my BIOS/drivers from NTSC to PAL, would that do it, or is there something on the monitor side that determines what it is capable of showing?

I became curious when I noticed a file on my root folder called VIDEOROM.BIN. I've viewed the file through a hex viewer, and the contents begins as follows:

>>>> TOP OF FILE >>>>
Uª`é† x IBMÝ 761295520 ?? & 2000/07/13 13:17 é¼L é G¿Ž 
RAGE6 P/N ###-#####-### DDR(with DLL) NTSC BIOS
(C) 1988-2000, ATI Technologies Inc. BK0.0.0 VR001.001.000.053.005.000.001 d4dmx1xn.h07 v611 RG6 AGP DGD1UN
>>>>> ETC. ETC. ETC. >>>>>>>>>

(I've hashed the serial number out

I checked one of my other machines, and it also has a VIDEOROM.BIN file. Viewing that file, I saw information about the card on that machine.

Anyone have any useful information about this file, and how
I could switch signal types on my capture card?

Thanks!