NTSC VS PAL?
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capture cards for this subject.
Thanks alot
C.
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R. Frijns
> Could someone please shed some light on the differences on the actual
> capture cards for this subject.
>
> Thanks alot
>
There are no differences in the cards. NTSC or PAL is just the kind of
system which is used to display something on your television.
My card, a DV500 can handle both standards and i guess this goes for a lot
of capture cards which are sold in Europe. American cards have the bad habit
of only supporting NTSC.
The kind of system you use doesn't influence the functions a card has.
Ruben
Mark Raishbrook
I've used a variety of cards that claim dual PAL/NTSC support, but find that
overlay in from an NTSC tape only displays in black and white (IE500, ASUS,
Hauphauge, Matrox G400, Miro/Pinnacle...). The same tape is fine when viewed on
a standard TV with the same VCR.
And the fps rate is different, too, of course. So beware if you are writing a
subtitling app or something.
Mark Raishbrook
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> I've used a variety of cards that claim dual PAL/NTSC support,
> but find that overlay in from an NTSC tape only displays in
> black and white (IE500, ASUS, Hauphauge, Matrox G400,
> Miro/Pinnacle...). The same tape is fine when viewed on
> a standard TV with the same VCR.
Are you in a PAL or an NTSC country? If your PAL/NTSC capture card
only shows PAL tapes in colour but NTSC tapes in black and white, the
reason might be that you're playing the NTSC tapes with a VCR that
only outputs 60 Hz PAL signal, not "real" NTSC color signal. Most
capture cards don't readily support capturing 60 Hz PAL signal, as
this is a non-standard format. (Well, they have PAL-M in Brazil but
that doesn't count...)
-- znark