How to Convert PAL video to NTSC Video?

Date July 25, 2016 Author Catherine Category Video Tips

Did you have the experience that you recorded some TV shows in China and sent it to your friend in America but your friend couldn’t play it? That’s because your TV recordiings are PAL video and the TV in America only can play NTSC video. What’s PAL and NTSC? Read on to learn PAL and NTSC and how to convert Pal video to NTSC video with Pal to NTSC Converter.

NTSC and PAL are two types of color encoding systems that affect the visual quality of content viewed on analog televisions and, to a much smaller degree, content viewed on HDTVs. While NTSC delivers a frame rate of 30 frames per second (fps) at an aspect ratio of 720×480, PAL uses a frame rate of 25 fps and a 720×576 aspect ratio.

NTSC and PAL are used in different countries. NTSC systems are mostly limited to North America, parts of South America, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and South Korea. PAL systems are much more common around the world and can be found in Australia, most of Western Europe, China, some parts of Africa, India, and elsewhere. A third system, known as SECAM, is found in France, Russia, and parts of Africa.

Countries that use NTSC vs. PAL Map

Best Pal to NTSC Converter to Convert PAL to NTSC

To play recorded TV shows without boundaries, you can use a Pal to NTSC Converter to convert PAL video to NTSC video.  Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate(get Mac version here) offers just what you are looking for! This convenient PAL to NTSC Converter will allow you to convert PAL video to NTSC video and transcode NTSC video to PAL video freely. The main differences between PAL and NTSC video are the resolution and frame rate. NTSC has a resolution of 720×480 and a framerate of 23.97. So you can make NTSC settings in the “Settings” dialog after selecting an output format for video. (Read review)

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Steps to convert PAL to NTSC

Step 1: Import PAL video to the PAL to NTSC Converter

Launch PAL to NTSC Converter and drag your source PAL video files and drop them to the app. The program supports Batch conversions, i.e you can drag more than one file to the application for converting.

Step 2: Specify an output format

If you want to keep original format, you needn’t change the output format. If you want to output another format, you can click the Format bar to choose an output format. Usually, popular format like MOV, M4V, MP4 can be played smoothly.

Step 3:  Customize the video settings

Since the differences between PAL and NTSC video are the resolution and frame rate. NTSC has a resolution of 720×480 and a framerate of 60i or 30p, while PAL file is in 720×576 resolution with a fps of 50i or 25p. In order to adjust your original PAL video settings to NTSC ones, you can mouse over the “Settings” bar and open profile settings window to do the customization.

Step 4: Start the PAL to NTSC conversion

Hit on the “Convert” button at the bottom of the main interface, the PAL to NTSC program will finish the rest automatically with super fast conversion speed.

After you have transcoded PAL video to NTSC, you can now make your PAL video be played on the NTSC players or TV sets.

Related Software:

Pavtube ByteCopy for Windows/Mac – ByteCopy can convert PAL DVD to NTSC DVD or rip NTSC DVD to PAL DVD. It also can copy PAL and NTSC DVD to lossless MKV, multi-track MP4/MOV, HD AVI/WMV/MKV/MP4, etc.

References:

• Wikipedia: PAL
• Wikipedia: NTSC