Originally posted by: HyperYagami
Thx for all the answers Karyudo and Citizen. So are these correct?
1) PAL -> speeded up from original film (23.976fps -> 25fps), higher-pitch audiotrack
2) NTSC -> same framerate as the original film, no alteration to the LD NTSC audiotrack, resized from the PAL capture.
Thanks!
I don't know who told you cinema is 23.976fps, it's 24fps. NTSC is slightly slowed down as it runs at 29.97fps as opposed to 30fps - but it's not by much. I think you'll find that NTSC was originally 30fps not 29.97fps but was changed for some reason. I don't think the pitch was increased for the PAL releases of SW, I believe they're pitch-corrected. Thus this is correct:Thx for all the answers Karyudo and Citizen. So are these correct?
1) PAL -> speeded up from original film (23.976fps -> 25fps), higher-pitch audiotrack
2) NTSC -> same framerate as the original film, no alteration to the LD NTSC audiotrack, resized from the PAL capture.
Thanks!
1) PAL -> sped up from original film by 4% (24fps -> 25fps), higher resolution. PC software (PowerDVD, WinDVD, etc) can play back at 24fps.
2) NTSC -> slightly slowed down from original film (24fps -> 23.976fps), played back with a 2:3 jitter pulldown on DVD players, PC Software can play back at 24fps without the pulldown. Lower resolution.
This is true for Star Wars movies, and many other movies, but not all movies. Basically if you were to watch them on a projector through a PC the only difference would be that the PAL version has a higher resolution. But if you're to watch them on a TV through a DVD player then all those other differences come into play.