Hi all. I’m quite the amateur here. So I have this video from Internet Archive playing it back in Quicktime shows its 25fps or PAL. I think it will play fine on Apple TV since it has match Frame Rate setting and the TV has that option too. Playing it on Quicktime or VLC though doesn’t have that ability. Can I use TVAi to make a version for NTSC? I don’t have to upscale it.
No. TVAI will do it incorrectly.
If the video was originally shot in PAL, There’s no reason to change it to NTSC anymore—unless you’re going to put it on a DVD.
If it was originally shot in NTSC but has been converted to PAL, the correct way to put it back in NTSC is to re-encode at the new frame rate and slow the sound down. TVAI is not good at changing the frame rate because it can only do that by interpolating frames—not what should be done here.
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I use VLC and it plays anything I’ve ever loaded. Including pal in many different versions.
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Oh ok got it. Thank you.
I downloaded VLC newest version. It still played choppy and showing 25fps. Update. New version of TVAi does the frame interpolation and looks pretty good converting to higher frame rate. I can play around with small bits of the file to get the smoothest output.
Just curious, what is the resolution and bitrate of the video that plays choppy?
You can use VLC or Media Info for that information if you want.
we don’t know what you have exactly, yes having a look to the file with MediaInfo would be a good idea.
Yeah I posted it and I think the upload must be PAL DVD that they converted to MP4 format. It’s on the https://archive.org where I got the video.
Hmm missing infos about framerate, The Tool MediaInfo gives you more information (after install set view “html”)
Do you have a direct link for the file so we can try it?
Sure you can convert it but with some degrading. Best quality will be playing the native file using software or hardware players without altering it.
Yes use MediaInfo for details on the file. It’s free and safe.
Do you have problems playing other files with similar specifications using VLC?
Do you have the latest version of VLC?
What is your computer RAM memory and GPU (on motherboard or separate).
The video file is saved to your computer internal hard drive or external device?
Are they SSD drives and how big?
Oh I found the correct link that is NTSC and 24 on internet archive org, not the PAL Version. So I’m good and thank you all for the tips and suggestions.
