The PAL hardware doesn't actually output NTSC, it puts in into a format that
the NTSC capturing hardware can 'understand' and display but can't capture.
You'd need to get a multistandard multisystem VCR or a second tuner/capture
card which is in PAL and use the PC. If you want to go the VCR route, a
Samsung SV5000W is the one you should be looking for.
If you want to go the tuner/capture route, get one from Europe/Australia
from eBay. Remember it must specifically say PAL in the auction
description. (on the left hand side, remember to check Worldwide as your
search area)
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Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
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"peter" <nospam DeleteThis @nospam.com> wrote in message
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>I have a PAL miniDV tape and a NTSC sony trv900 camcorder.
> The tape plays and displays fine on the build-in LCD screen.
> And according to what I found on the web, it also outputs PAL video via
> firewire.
>
> However, when I try to capture the video via firewire, I got a video that
> looks like it was cut into many little rectangles and scrambled (about 45
> x 27 rectangles).
>
> I tried capturing with movie maker, DVIO, virtualdub, scenalyzer, and
> premiere pro. All results in this scrambled capture except premiere which
> captured nothing at all. Scenalyzer results in the best capture with audio
> that is shifted higher in pitch. The other captures don't have sound or
> stop capture after a few seconds.
>
> The capture works fine with NTSC tapes.
>
> Is there something I have to do in windowsXP to enable PAL capture? I
> noticed all the captured avis are 720 x 480 but should be 720 x 576 for
> PAL.
>
Microsoft Windows XP