Re: Guy from "Sopranos" country, USA, needs a favor.


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Gordon Hudson wrote:
"Rob" <answersall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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To play back a PAL 625 tape in the USA then a standards converter is
the
only way. It's PAL 625 50 to NTSC 525 60 which is an entirely
different
matter! FAR better to get a DVD copy made of the prog as this will at
least play on a computer.

If I am misunderstanding the request and a TELEVISION replay is
required
then it's a standards converter that's required.

Expecting a 50 quid video to actually convert the line and frame rate
is
not on, it just converts the colour system.
Modern TVs will play both 50 and 60 frames per second only because
they
have a special frame chip.

Before anyone comments PAL/SECAM conversion IS possible as they are
both
625/50.


Is it not simpler to use a video capture card to turn it into an MPEG?
At least that way you could watch it on the computer.
Unless I am missing something that might not make that possible?

I'm guessing the original poster doesn't have a PAL machine to play the
tape.

If you can't play it, you can't capture it!

Given that one can now purchase a cheap PAL VCR for around £30 in the UK, it
may well be an option if someone who is visiting the UK could purchase one
here to take back to the US.

I know that there's the voltage thing, but modern power supplies should work
OK even down to120 volts.. in fact to prove the point I've been using a
(cheap 'lightweight') Bush VCR906SIL which still works quite happily when
wound down to115 volts on a variac.

The PAL output from this could then be fed as composite into something like
a Win-TV card to be captured and converted by Nero into a DVD.


Cheers,
David.



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