NTSC/PAL games question (I have searched)

[sypher373]

:eek: I hate to make another thread about this topic, but I need help.

I have spent hours and hours searching, and followed what advice I could find, but no one seems to have the exact problems that I have, and those fixes that I did find, do not seem to work.

I am running XBMC on my softmodded xbox. I have recently downloaded some PAL games and wish to play them on my NTSC xbox. When I first played them, they would run black and white and the screen would flicker. I had read this was a common problem.

Next, I downloaded and ran enigmah video converter to change the output from NTSC to PAL. After a restart, my entire xbmc dashboard was acting the way the PAL video games had before I switched it.

Now I am wondering if this is becuase my TV does not support PAL. I have tried to find the specs on the TV, but I cannot locate them. I do not know what would happen if a PAL signal was sent to a TV that does not support PAL video.

Can anyone help me?!

Thanks in advance

[kraqh3d]

If you live in the US, then chances are your TV does not support PAL. When you send a PAL signal to an NTSC TV, you get a jumpy black and white image. This is because PAL has a different frame rate and encodes color information differently.

[sypher373]

So without a PAL supported TV, all of the video encoding/decoding whatever in the world wont help, correct?

[kraqh3d]

You're mixing two different things. When you use the enigma video switcher and switch to PAL, you're outputing a PAL signal which your NTSC TV does not understand.

But, Xbmc will playback any video file it understands to whatever your current video mode is. So, you can play PAL DVD movies, and you can play PAL video captures to your NTSC TV.

[sypher373]

That doesnt apply to downloaded games I am guessing because that is not simple video output??

My main issue is with games, not videos.

[kraqh3d]

Correct. Games do not get "converted" so to say. You need a TV which will accept a PAL video signal.