On Feb 18, 2006, at 7:57 AM, Amber Robey wrote:
The computer formats may be the same but the video formats are not. The videos are all in Pal format vs the North American NTSC format. However, I am not sure if this really makes a difference once they load them onto the computer. I would not be able to play a PAL format video on my VCR but if it was digitized on a computer, I believe I can access it on my PB, similar to what I am doing now.
Ah, there is you problem. You cannot mix 25fps (PAL) with 29.97fps (NTSC) on a DVD or within a single video file. You will need to transcode the PAL material up to NTSC framerate. This can introduce the "stuttering" you were speaking of earlier. There's not really much of a way around it, though. Try using a couple of different encoders and make sure that you set the output framerate to 29.97 before hitting any "encode" buttons. Then pick the one that has the best framerate conversion. You;ll still end up with a bit of a blur where you're introducing frames, but different encoders will produce better/worse results.
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