Originally posted by: Darth Editous
What movies would it not be the case for?
TV movies, and movies filmed in PAL countries, even if it's being filmed on forign soil which includes the occasional hollywood film that's shot in 25 fps rather then 24 (in cinema it would be slowed to 24 fps). I don't think it's very common, but then you can never know since they obviously don't publicise it. I think the main reason they sometimes do this is so they can watch their takes on a TV right away (interesting note is that sometimes when shooting on an open-matte the director would cover part of the tv/monitor with cardboard to mimic widescreen). There may also be some TV movies shot in 29.97 or 30 fps, which I would imagine is very rare. Originally posted by: boris
I don't think the pitch was increased for the PAL releases of SW, I believe they're pitch-corrected.
I had to resample the snippets I took from the NTSC SE LDs to match the PAL DVDs, so it was just a straight resample.
Can pitch-correction be done in such a way that it doesn't cause audio artefacts? I believe they may have tried it with recent UK broadcasts of Stargate SG1, and you can hear the glitches. Yeah I read after I posted that.. still. Yes it can, but I don't know how. Basically you stretch the audio without changing the pitch (ie you never really "pitch correct"). It's one of those "more recent" developments I suppose, how NTSC used to just repeat every 4th frame but now they use the 2:3 pulldown (I also hear ntsc used to slow down pal material, whereas now they apply a 2:2:3:2:3 pulldown). Basically PAL and NTSC conversions are a lot better then they used to be.
This is true for Star Wars movies, and many other movies, but not all movies.
I don't think the pitch was increased for the PAL releases of SW, I believe they're pitch-corrected.
I had to resample the snippets I took from the NTSC SE LDs to match the PAL DVDs, so it was just a straight resample.
Can pitch-correction be done in such a way that it doesn't cause audio artefacts? I believe they may have tried it with recent UK broadcasts of Stargate SG1, and you can hear the glitches. Yeah I read after I posted that.. still. Yes it can, but I don't know how. Basically you stretch the audio without changing the pitch (ie you never really "pitch correct"). It's one of those "more recent" developments I suppose, how NTSC used to just repeat every 4th frame but now they use the 2:3 pulldown (I also hear ntsc used to slow down pal material, whereas now they apply a 2:2:3:2:3 pulldown). Basically PAL and NTSC conversions are a lot better then they used to be.
Originally posted by: Darth Editous
I just wanted to add the caveat that, in the case of PAL, 5.1 audio will be downsampled to stereo.
Howcome?Originally posted by: Darth Editous1) PAL ... PC software ... can play back at 24fps.
2) NTSC ... PC Software can play back at 24fps without the pulldown. Lower resolution.
2) NTSC ... PC Software can play back at 24fps without the pulldown. Lower resolution.
I just wanted to add the caveat that, in the case of PAL, 5.1 audio will be downsampled to stereo.
This is true for Star Wars movies, and many other movies, but not all movies.
What movies would it not be the case for?