NTSC format differences

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  1. BobRomano

    BobRomano Member

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    I am using a Plextor M402U USB capture unit with Intervideo WinDVD Creator to caputre in MPEG2. In the setup there are 3 different settings for NTSC - They are NTSC M, NTSC M_J, and NTSC 433. Anybody know what the difference is between the three? They all seem to work fine to capture video but I was wondering if there is a big difference between the three.

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    Bob
     
    BobRomano, May 12, 2004
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    I suppose they are just different ways that NTSC Video is Transmited, In North America you are supposed to use NTSC_M....
     
    Minion, May 13, 2004
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    Would that be the same with the PAL (pal_b, pal_l etc)?

     
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    The basic technical differences in the formats are listed here:

    Format Lines Fields Country
    NTSC-M 525 60 US & others
    NTSC-Japan 525 60 Japan
    PAL-B,G,H 625 50 Western/Central Europe
    PAL-D 625 50 China
    PAL-I 625 50 UK, Ireland & South Africa
    PAL-M 525 60 Brazil
    PAL-Nc 625 50 Argentina
    PAL-N 625 50 Paraguay & Uruguay
    SECAM 625 50 Eastern Eur,France,Mid East

    These are the country"s and there different Broadcast standards.....Cheers
     
    Minion, May 14, 2004
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