Frames Per Second

Discussion in 'DivX / XviD' started by IPNightly, Jul 10, 2006.

  1. IPNightly

    IPNightly Member

    Joined:
    Jul 5, 2005
    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    I just recently bought a dvd player that will also play Divx files. This is the first time I have really used Divx or Xvid for viewing. All I did before is convert them to DVD format for viewing, in that I had to make sure they were in NTSC format (29 frames per second).

    I burned a Divx movie that was 25 frames per second (Pal)which I did not think would play on my TV but it did. This causes confusion for me.

    Does it matter what the frame rate is on a Divx file for viewing on TV?

    If it does is there a program that will change the frame rate from Pal to NTSC?
     
    IPNightly, Jul 10, 2006
    #1
  2. celtic_d

    celtic_d Regular member

    Joined:
    Jan 23, 2005
    Messages:
    3,352
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    46
    If you are in the US, then PAL/NTSC does matter since most TV's can handle NTSC only. Thing is that most if not all DivX players have a built in converter. So you can play a PAL source and the player will output NTSC.

    For NTSC, most of the time your framerate should be 23.976 since most NTSC DVD's are 23.976fps progressive with 3:2 pulldown flags.
     
    celtic_d, Jul 10, 2006
    #2
  3. IPNightly

    IPNightly Member

    Joined:
    Jul 5, 2005
    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    Thanks a lot that answers a lot of questions. It had me confused and looking for a way to convert the files. The Divx in a DVD is the way to go then as it will save a lot of time and effort of coverting them to DVD format.
     
    IPNightly, Jul 11, 2006
    #3

Share This Page