FFXII2MOV PAL Version Released :)

[ffxdean]

some people have only legal pal disks, you know....

think of the poor eur gamers :]

What do you mean???

I have both the orginal PAL and NTSC versions of the game (which are both genuine and which i paid like $120 US for both i have you know).

I was just saying that the cutscenes from the NTSC game is so much superior compared to when you rip the fmvs off the PAL Version. Sharpness, Colour wise, Frame rate, size ratio etc. Therefore i really have no intention on completing or creating another extractor for this or any type of PS2 game.

The main reason for this is basically i have no time to do anything. I'll probably try to do some work on completing this extractor in the coming easter break if i have time. But dont expect anything, like i said before if i have time.

[yoshi314]

what i mean is i'm not going to buy ntsc version if i cannot play it, or even worse - buy it just to rip the movies. now that would be a waste of money (and buying ff12 pal was already quite an expense for me. fortunately it was worth it).

btw i think pal has lower framerate but higher resolution, and more accurate colour representation. at least for dvds.

[ffxdean]

Originally Posted by yoshi314

btw i think pal has lower framerate but higher resolution, and more accurate colour representation. at least for dvds.

Your right PAL DVDs has a lower framerate but higher resolution comapred to NTSC DVDs although it doesnt necessarily mean its better.

For instance, say you bought a movie which was originally encoded for viewing in the NTSC format (which most movies especially hollywood, CG and anime dvds are). You would get nothing but stretched pixels, blended frames and a heap of artifacts.

Naturally you wouldnt notice or care for this matter but the main fact is, is that the original source of where the video came from is usually, infact always better then buying a converted source. This also includes (well nearly) every PS2, Xbox etc games that you buy. (but you will never know cause basically no one in PAL regions will have local access to these NTSC to find out unless they import which not many will do.)

Heres the resolutions of the FMVs of FFXII NTSC and PAL:

NTSC:
NTSC Framerate: 29.97fps
NTSC Resolution: 512x352 (Non-blended frames, progressive footage)

PAL:
PAL Framerate: 25fps
PAL Resolution: 448x352 (Blended frames with artifacts, interlaced footage)



Ive provided a few snapshots of an anime dvd for those who find it a bit confusing and need actual evidence to compare:



NTSC 720x480, 29.97fps:







PAL 720x576, 25fps:






Notice the stretched pixels, interlaced, blended frames and artifacts etc.

[Razor Blade]

Damn that's a BIG difference right there o_O

[cottonvibes]

its funny, if you think ntsc to pal looks bad, ntsc/pal to HDTV looks even worse :/

i can barely stand watching standard cable on my HDTV

[tarteens]

hi,
first above, thx for the software.
But I have a question, have an original FFXII Games PAL Version (FR).
Is there a way to get the FFXII2Mov on this version ?
Do you need anything to get it works ?

thx a lot.