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conversion NTSC to PAL
the way to a good product
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CONVERSION NTSC TO PAL
What you can expect:
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Work is done with sophisticated converter algorithms and years of experience.
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Your mixes keep their vitality. Only high quality resamplers are used. No sound degrading pitchshifters will be used.
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Extensive quality assurance: Each conversion will be watched in full length and tweaked if necessary. I'm testing the videos on several different systems, in order to ensure universal usability. I take all the necessary time and breaks in order to be on your work with a fresh pair of ears and eyes. Don't worry about the price, because I only calculate on a per order basis and never per hour. Expect the work done in about a weeks.
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Individual working on your videos. No assembly line work, no one-click-tools.
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Delivery on Taiyo Yuden quality brand CDR (until out of stock)
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DVD conform MPEG2 stream with a maximum of 1 video, 4 audio (AC3) and 8 subtitle streams.
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No jerkiness or disalinged colors as often seen on cheap conversions on television.
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By default, I will convert film and hybrid material with a PAL speedup. If you prefer, I can also convert without a speedup, while, unlike the regular TV conversions, keeping jerkiness to a minimum, thanks to the reliable inverse telecine techniques. The advantage in this is an unchanged audio track, which might be preferable with music focused material.
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I convert the audio according to the amount of channels (given a speedup is done) 5.1 in 384 kbps, 2.0 in 192 kbps and 1.0 in 96 kbps. Other bitrates are available, if you prefer, as long as they fulfil the DVD-Video specs. I target at -27 dB dialog level or DR14 with music.
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NTSC related color problems will be fixed as good as possible.
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An extensive DVD authoring is not included. If you want one, contact me, and I'll see what I can do. (No seamless branching, no multi-angle, sorry.)
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You will get a DVD Video, but if you prefer the elementary streams, that's possible too. The video bitrate (variable) will be chosen to best fit the DVD-5 (aprox. 4.35 GB). I can do lower bitrates as well, if you need. If the playing time is less then about 70 minutes, the file size decreases for technical reasons.
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I scan all DVD for errors before shipping. Only DVDs which passed the specs will be used.
What I need from you:
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For a start, your NTSC movie (or several ones) on a standard DVD Video or other formats for which the necessary Codecs are freely available. This may be on DVD(s) or USB harddrive.
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The source may be 23.976 fps progressive, 29.94 fps progressive or 59.97 fps interlaced! Also hybrids (combinations of those) are possible. Film sections with regular 3:2 pullup will be inverse telecined to reconstruct the individual filmframes before converting, thus eliminating any deinterlacing artefacts or jerkiness.
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Possibly notes about episode titles for foreign TV shows/movies which I can insert into the subtitle tracks.
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Possibly notes about extra editing like noise reduction. Please ask for possibilities, and what I can do, and for what extra costs (if any).
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Possibly note if you don't want a PAL speedup.
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An email address for sending samples.
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The price is for one or more movies of any length, given that the conversion fits on one DVD-5, which includes all audio and subtitle tracks. Recommended playing times: 90 minutes for crisp sharp and detailed material which you usually have for TV shows from the 90's. 140 minutes for average material which you usually have for TV shows from the 80's.
My current offer for a DVD-5 filling norm conversion: at Hood.de.
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THE WAY TO A GOOD PRODUCT
Because the norm conversion should be possible without unnecessary obstacle, so nothing get in the way of the best quality.
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If possible, send me lossless material. MPEG2, DivX etc. are also possible, but not the best choice for the best result.
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In case, your material is taken from an analogue archive, don't use a consumer DVD recorder to digitise it. Those devices have rather suboptimal encoders, which is the reason, a standalone encoder does cost a lot more than those devices. In case, you're looking for a reasonable way to digitise your material, I recommend a graphics card with video in, and save the video in a lossless format like "Helix YV12" or "Huffyuv"
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Audio tracks should stay in its native format. In case you have to convert them, or digitise them, use lossless codecs like WAV PCM, AIF, FLAC or APE and use a sample frequency which is natively supported by your soundcard. If unsure, 48000 Hz should do.
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If you need to digitise your movie, use the hardware's native pixel clock. With nVidia, this is the case when using a resolution of 720 by 480 pixels. With other hardware, consult the manual. Usually, it's the horizontal maximum resolution.
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If your movie is digital already, avoid editing it unnecessarily. If you have to convert it to a common format, be careful not to use noise reduction or deinterlacer, and don't change the resolution.
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Whenever possible, provide an uncut version. Your customers will be grateful.
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I can also mix and edit dubbed tracks, if you need. I'll do it just for the price of one CD audio mastering. There is no extra cost for a sole speedup of already mixed audio tracks, of course.
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FREE TOOLS
For digitising your videos, I recommend Virtual VCR.
To install all common Codecs at once, you can use K-Lite Codec Pack.
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