capture PAL how? "peter" <nospam[ at ]nospam.com> 20.06.2007 15:36:28 I have a PAL miniDV tape and a NTSC sony trv900 camcorder. The tape plays and displays fine on the build-in LCD screen. And according to what I found on the web, it also outputs PAL video via firewire. However, when I try to capture the video via firewire, I got a video that looks like it was cut into many little rectangles and scrambled (about 45 x 27 rectangles). I tried capturing with movie maker, DVIO, virtualdub, scenalyzer, and premiere pro. All results in this scrambled capture except premiere which captured nothing at all. Scenalyzer results in the best capture with audio that is shifted higher in pitch. The other captures don't have sound or stop capture after a few seconds. The capture works fine with NTSC tapes. Is there something I have to do in windowsXP to enable PAL capture? I noticed all the captured avis are 720 x 480 but should be 720 x 576 for PAL.

Re: capture PAL how? "Cari \(MS-MVP\)" <NewsGroups[ at ]coribright.com> 22.06.2007 22:02:29 The PAL hardware doesn't actually output NTSC, it puts in into a format that the NTSC capturing hardware can 'understand' and display but can't capture. You'd need to get a multistandard multisystem VCR or a second tuner/capture card which is in PAL and use the PC. If you want to go the VCR route, a Samsung SV5000W is the one you should be looking for. If you want to go the tuner/capture route, get one from Europe/Australia from eBay. Remember it must specifically say PAL in the auction description. (on the left hand side, remember to check Worldwide as your search area) -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "peter" <nospam[ at ]nospam.com> wrote in message news:O%23vbGD1sHHA.4232[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] >I have a PAL miniDV tape and a NTSC sony trv900 camcorder. > The tape plays and displays fine on the build-in LCD screen. > And according to what I found on the web, it also outputs PAL video via > firewire. > > However, when I try to capture the video via firewire, I got a video that > looks like it was cut into many little rectangles and scrambled (about 45 > x 27 rectangles). > > I tried capturing with movie maker, DVIO, virtualdub, scenalyzer, and > premiere pro. All results in this scrambled capture except premiere which > captured nothing at all. Scenalyzer results in the best capture with audio > that is shifted higher in pitch. The other captures don't have sound or > stop capture after a few seconds. > > The capture works fine with NTSC tapes. > > Is there something I have to do in windowsXP to enable PAL capture? I > noticed all the captured avis are 720 x 480 but should be 720 x 576 for > PAL. >

Re: capture PAL how? "news[ at ]rtrussell.co.uk" <news[ at ]rtrussell.co.uk> 08.07.2007 15:27:33 On 22 Jun, 23:02, "Cari \(MS-MVP\)" <NewsGro...[ at ]coribright.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > You'd need to get a multistandard multisystem VCR or a second tuner/capture > card which is in PAL and use the PC. If you want to go the VCR route, a > Samsung SV5000W is the one you should be looking for. I think you should read the OP's message again. He was asking about *firewire* (DV) capture, not analog video. Your suggestions for using a PAL tuner/capture card or a VCR are not relevant to his question. Richard. http://www.rtrussell.co.uk/ To reply by email change 'news' to my forename.

Re: capture PAL how? "Cari \(MS-MVP\)" <Newsgroups1[ at ]coribright.com> 09.07.2007 16:42:25 But he has an NTSC miniDV tape and a PAL digital camcorder... they are incompatible. -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Client - Printing & Imaging www.coribright.com/Windows <news[ at ]rtrussell.co.uk> wrote in message news:1183908453.171499.314540[ at ]r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > On 22 Jun, 23:02, "Cari \(MS-MVP\)" <NewsGro...[ at ]coribright.com> wrote: >> You'd need to get a multistandard multisystem VCR or a second >> tuner/capture >> card which is in PAL and use the PC. If you want to go the VCR route, a >> Samsung SV5000W is the one you should be looking for. > > I think you should read the OP's message again. He was asking about > *firewire* (DV) capture, not analog video. Your suggestions for using > a PAL tuner/capture card or a VCR are not relevant to his question. > > Richard. > http://www.rtrussell.co.uk/ > To reply by email change 'news' to my forename. >