Converting PAL avi to NTSC

[Sausage]

Hi, I have a project that has been edited in Edius 4.5c PAL and I need to convert it to NTSC for authoring to a dvd for the USA market. I'm having problems with the encoding from the timeline in that whatever I do the audio at the end (a 90 minute video) is out of sync by about half a second.

I have tried exporting a PAL avi (which is ok) then using Procoder to convert to NTSC but the same problem exists.

Anyone had the same problem? Am I missing something?

I have done this in the past (with Edius 3) and no problems.

Pete

Win XP, Edius 4.51c NX.

[mattmatt]

Are you converting it from PAL avi to NTSC mpeg2 ? Or avi to avi?

[antonsvideo]

the only way to overcome this is by exporting to avi

then use Tmpeg 4 Xpress to convert to NTSC elementary or program stream using ac3 audio at 256kbps or less, no audio drift at all

I do this on a regular basis and have also found that on a 60 min project, ProCoder3 causes lip sync to gradually drift by 10 frames by the end of 60 min

also, ProCoder3 causes strange motion artefacts

[Sausage]

Are you converting it from PAL avi to NTSC mpeg2 ? Or avi to avi?

Tried both, I'll try Anton's method.

Pete

[Sausage]

the only way to overcome this is by exporting to avi

then use Tmpeg 4 Xpress to convert to NTSC elementary or program stream using ac3 audio at 256kbps or less, no audio drift at all

I do this on a regular basis and have also found that on a 60 min project, ProCoder3 causes lip sync to gradually drift by 10 frames by the end of 60 min

also, ProCoder3 causes strange motion artefacts

I was using Procoder Express so the same with that as well.

Pete

[mattmatt]

Tried both, I'll try Anton's method.

Pete

Antons method converts from PAL avi to NTSC avi, then from there to Mpeg. Thats were I was going :)

[antonsvideo]

Antons method converts from PAL avi to NTSC avi, then from there to Mpeg. Thats were I was going :)

no, Tmpeg can convert from Pal avi direct to NTSC mpeg