Guest twist Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 Any advice about transferring 25P to film? Is it a good idea to do so? Any problem will occur? I'm from a country with PAL TV system. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted October 24, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted October 24, 2004 Hi, Well, that's a pretty wide question, but in general, no, it'll be fine - in fact, it'll look somewhat better than NTSC, because you've got more resolution. The only oddity is that your 25fps sound will suddenly be slightly too long for your 24fps picture, but systems exist to speed up or slow things down to match. Obviously, you'll need to research this with whoever does your transfer. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Brennan Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 Make sure that you have a blip and white frame at a specified point so the sound can be synched to the picture. This is not common practice in video. Pitch correction of audio can take place at the lab if you ask. The only issue is if there is a music as the performers will notice that it is playing slightly slow. For 30 years we have been watching Hollywood movies playing slightly fast on PAL TVs. Mike Brennan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Sprung Posted October 27, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted October 27, 2004 For 30 years we have been watching Hollywood movies playing slightly fast on PAL TVs.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> True, and American TV shows automatically gain a couple minutes of commercial time per hour going to PAL. -- J.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted October 27, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted October 27, 2004 Hi, Actually they often don't. More recently this has been the case with US shows finished as 24P being frame-for-framed to PAL, but until most stuff was being finished as HD, we saw NTSC to PAL conversions of the NTSC transfers. Yes, it made big-ticket shows like Star Trek and ER look absolutely rotten, and yes, the modern stuff looks far better, since the resolution, aspect ratio and frame rate are all now without artifacts. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk DeJonghe Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 I wouldn't worry too much. Most commercial theatres in Europe show the film (unintended) at 25fps. This is easy to check with a chronometer (if you know the true length of the film). I also called a major European projector manufacturer in Germany and they confirmed my findings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted October 28, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted October 28, 2004 Hi, They do? Jesus, not something I'd come across. I know we don't!. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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