[MacDV] Re: NTSC miniDV camcorder in France...

[Karl Hayden]

Mark,

Regarding your comment in answer to Sean's question....

> I believe iMovie only supports NTSC and PAL, but I understand SECAM is 
> very
> similar to PAL. Additionally, I understand multiple-protocol equipment
> (NTSC, PAL, SECAM) is not uncommon in France. Maybe your friends there 
> can
> handle NTSC and/or PAL.

The two systems, PAL and SECAM, are not compatible... it is the same as 
with PAL and NTSC.

Something just struck me in what Mark said, and in the event that 
someone reading it might think that because iMovie can deal with PAL or 
NTSC, therefore you can convert from one to the other in iMoive.... YOU 
CAN'T  (sadly.)

Karl Hayden
Dublin, Ireland





On Friday, August 22, 2003, at 08:50  pm, Mark O'Brien wrote:

> On 8/22/03 1:21 PM, "Sean" <spenney at stemnet.ca> wrote:
>
>> I plan to spend next academic year in France. If I take my G3 desktop
>> Mac along (with a voltage converter and plug converter) how can I 
>> share
>> my iMovies with friends and family back in North America?
>>
>> My miniDV camcorder is NTSC. If I prepare iMovies on the G3, I guess I
>> could make VCD's with Toast and send them home by mail. I guess that
>> with the imminent Toast 6 I'll be able to prepare SVCD's and send 
>> *them*
>> home as well.
>
> You can also make SVCDs (or plain VCDs) today with iVCD.
>>
>> If I connect the 'video out' jacks on the Mac to the 'video in' jacks 
>> of
>> a SECAM (French standard) VCR, won't I just get garbage on the VHS 
>> tape?
>
> Sorry, I'm not familiar with video out jacks on a Mac.
>>
>> Can I set iMovie to output to a SECAM VCR so that at least my friends 
>> in
>> France could watch the videos on their SECAM TV sets?
>
> I believe iMovie only supports NTSC and PAL, but I understand SECAM is 
> very
> similar to PAL. Additionally, I understand multiple-protocol equipment
> (NTSC, PAL, SECAM) is not uncommon in France. Maybe your friends there 
> can
> handle NTSC and/or PAL.
>>
>> Also, are there any drawbacks to charging my camcorder battery with a
>> voltage converter? ...or running the Mac with a voltage converter for
>> that matter?
>
> Check your camcorder's power supply. Mine (Sony) can handle different
> voltages without an additional converter (just the plug adapter).
>
> Mark
>
>
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