NTSC / PAL settings

martinexena

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Dec 08, 2013 11:04

I already found out that in the option 'Produce' I can make a file with NTSC settings.

However, when I use the option 'create disc' I don't see any option that let me see which setting is used for the DVD.

Do I need to change this in the General preferences : Clicking on the Wheel and then General and change there PAL into NTSC?

Will the disc then be created in NTSC?

With my previous old version of PD I never used the option Create disc. I Always used Power Producer to do this.

So, can someone guide me as my DVD needs to be in NTSC.

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards
Martine
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James1

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Dec 08, 2013 11:59

Hi,
In PD go to preferences menu and you can pick the default Ntsc/Pal option for the project. Then the DVD's will be produced with that 'format' the other options in the drop downs give you frame rate aspect etc.
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Dec 08, 2013 12:05

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martinexena

Member Joined: Sep 03, 2007 07:12 Messages: 63 Offline

Dec 08, 2013 12:13

HI Jim,

Thanks for the information.

The only thing I now face is that because I started the project in Pal, the program is asking me if I want to change the preferences back to Pal or leave it in NTSC, when I open the project.

So I choose to leave it in NTSC. I hope the quality doesn't change much, cause I don't have time to start over.

Then I have another question : with NTSC there is an option : Use drop frame timecode yes or no?

What does that mean? And what is the best choice? It automatically goes into 'yes'

Kind regards
Martine

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borgus1

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Dec 08, 2013 13:42

Quote: With NTSC there is an option : Use drop frame timecode yes or no?
What does that mean? And what is the best choice? It automatically goes into 'yes'

DROP-frame code tracks real time. NON drop-frame code does not. D.F. is the best choice for avoiding confusion.

A drop-frame code downside is that it does just that - drops frames at specific intervals - to stay in sync with true production length. Thus, should an edit be desired at a point where a frame was dropped, that frame will be "missing." An adjacent frame is used.

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martinexena

Member Joined: Sep 03, 2007 07:12 Messages: 63 Offline

Dec 08, 2013 14:27

Hi Borgus,

Thanks for the explanation.

I just leave it to 'yes' then.

Many thanks to you all for the assistance, much appreciated.

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