[ltp] O.T. NTSC vs. PAL video tape

Bolton Emlyn (Nokia-TP-MSW/Vancouver) linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 05 Aug 2004 07:57:09 -0700


On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 07:33, ext Bert Haskins wrote:
> Sorry to post O.T. but this is the only list that I am on at this time.
> Q. Will a video tape that was recorded in a NTSC vcr playback O.K. in a 
> PAL vcr?
> Thanks, and sorry for the O.T. but this is actually a small emergency at 
> this point.
> Thanks,
>       Bert
> 
> >  
> >
Short answer: No.

Long answer: Probably not, unless you have a video player that can deal
with the other format and convert it.  Usually in this case, there is
some picture degredation