NTSC standard switched to PAL

[Guest]

I have been compiling pictures and videos for the past few months and saving
the resulting .dvd file to make a DVD for a Christmas present. The videos
come from my Sony camera, my daughter's camera and a friend's camera. I
haven't had a problem adding them to the DVD I'm creating until this week.
All the cameras are set to record in NTSC standard but when I download them
into my computer, the program I'm using to compile the DVD gives me a message
saying "You attempted to add a PAL/SECAM file to a NTSC project." and will
not allow me to add it to the DVD I'm creating. It doesn't matter which
camera created the video and the videos I previously downloaded on my
computer from the same cameras can still be added to the DVD without an error
message. The only change I have made recently is to add Service Pack 2 to my
Windows XP. Can you tell me 1) have you had any similar problems reported
(I've seen messages about PAL switching to NTSC but not the reverse), 2) Is
there somewhere in the software that perhaps has been set to download in PAL
standard format, 3) any help you can give me will help me finish this DVD
wich is of my daughter's first born son's first 6 months of life. I'd like
to give it to her for Christmas. The video I've been trying to add is of his
first words. So you can see why this is so important to include on the DVD.
Thanks and sorry to be so longwinded.

 

[Richard Urban]

Look to your video editing program options/preferences. It likely has
nothing to do with the operating system.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

I doublechecked and my video editing program options/preferences is set to
NTSC as is my camera setting. I still get the same error message even with
videos I just took today after doublechecking my settings. Even though I'm
shooting the video in NTSC, somewhere between the time it leaves my camera
and the time my editing program (Sonic MYDVD) tries to add it to the DVD I'm
compiling, something is ascribing PAL to it. I've used several different
imput sources and several different programs to download the video into the
computer in order to rule those out. Leaving only the programming involved
in the transfer of the video from camera to computer as suspect. Thank you.

 

[Borg hater]

Can't see the association. The video from a digital camcorder is raw, not
encoded in any format.

The downloaded video is encoded to save to your PC. Whatever encodes it did
the deed.

 

[Guest]

Interesting. I wasn't aware of that. However, the video was recorded on my
Sony digital camera....not a camcorder and the camera setting specifically
refers to NTSC standard. Any thoughts on what my next step should be?

 

[Borg hater]

A camera takes stills. A camcorder records video. The masses call both a
camera. I don't to avoid confusion when the conversation has to be
specific.

Try the camcorder on another PC. If the problem remains, its the camcorder.
If the PC can download and burn NTSC standard video, its your PC. Or, if
the camcorder has video out RCA jacks or such, try it on your TV. American
TVs work with NTSC only.