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Film Buff
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Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:26 am Post subject:
A timing question about PAL DVD's please? |
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I received a PAL DVD.
The time on the case the running time is 107 mins.
When I put it in the player (Multi-Region) and check the time
the total time of the movie reads 99 mins.
Is the time on the case wrong or would their be a difference in the running time
between PAL and NTSC?
Thanks in advance
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P Pron
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Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:53 am Post subject:
Re: A timing question about PAL DVD's please? |
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Film Buff wrote:
| Quote: | I received a PAL DVD.
The time on the case the running time is 107 mins.
When I put it in the player (Multi-Region) and check the time
the total time of the movie reads 99 mins.
Is the time on the case wrong or would their be a difference in the
running time between PAL and NTSC?
Thanks in advance
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Sounds like a mistake on the packaging. PAL movies run 4% _fast_, (25 frames
per second instead of 24).
So a movie whose 24 fps running time is 107 minutes would take just under
103 mins on PAL video - 99 mins is much too fast.
You might like to check to movie on www.bbfc.co.uk (British Board of Film
'Classification' [ie censorship....]) to see whether there have been any
cuts imposed on the film.
paul |
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jayembee
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Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:26 am Post subject:
Re: A timing question about PAL DVD's please? |
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Film Buff <Fred_C@Dobbs.MTN> wrote:
| Quote: | I received a PAL DVD. The time on the case the running time is 107 mins.
When I put it in the player (Multi-Region) and check the time the total time
of the movie reads 99 mins. Is the time on the case wrong or would their be
a difference in the running time between PAL and NTSC?
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There definitely is a difference between PAL and NTSC. NTSC is 30 fps,
while PAL is 25 fps. Because of the way film is transferred to video,
PAL speeds up by 4%.
Taking just PAL speed-up into account, a 107m should run about 103m in
PAL. So, either the movie is cut, or the 107m running time on the
packaging is incorrect. Look up the movie on the IMDb and see what
the running time should be.
-- jayembee |
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Jon Purkey
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Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:39 pm Post subject:
Re: A timing question about PAL DVD's please? |
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On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 17:26:07 -0600, Film Buff <Fred_C@Dobbs.MTN>
wrote:
| Quote: | I received a PAL DVD.
The time on the case the running time is 107 mins.
When I put it in the player (Multi-Region) and check the time
the total time of the movie reads 99 mins.
Is the time on the case wrong or would their be a difference in the running time
between PAL and NTSC?
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Any extras? Sometimes they add up everything to get the total time.
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-Jon Purkey - <jonpurkey@aol.com)
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