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- From: johnh@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au (John Haddy)
- Subject: Re: Secam to Pal
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.005919.14184@mailhost.ocs.mq.edu.au>
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- Organization: Macquarie University, Sydney
- References: <1992Nov17.161717.2694@acri.fr>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 00:59:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.161717.2694@acri.fr>, pjhicks@hard03.acri.fr (Peter J. Hicks) writes:
- |> Is there anybody out there that knows how to transcode Secam to Pal ?
- |>
- |> Are there chips available that do this function or is it a matter of building a mass of logic
- |>
- |> if so, hows about a circuit diagram.
- |>
- |> Final question What is the difference between Secam and Pal ?
- |>
-
- NTSC Never Twice the Same Colour
- SECAM Something Essentially Contrary to the American Method
- PAL Practical Alternative to the Losers
-
- But seriously:
-
- The PAL system attempts to overcome the limitations of NTSC colour phase shift by
- reversing the phase of the colour subcarrier signal on successive lines. So any
- phase distortion tends to average out: one line might be a little too red, while
- the next, a little too green. The eye is nowhere near as sensitive to colour
- perturbations as it is to brightness, so the whole thing works. PAL also uses
- (R-Y) and (B-Y) colour difference signals, rather than the more complex I and Q
- chrominance signals of NTSC.
-
- SECAM transmits one colour difference signal during one scan line, and the other
- during the succeeding line. The receiver must delay the first difference signal
- by one line period, so as to have both available for processing. So, in total,
- only half the colour information of the other two systems is available. Hence the
- name behind the acronym: syste`m e'lectronique couleur avec me'moire.
-
- Provided you are referring to conversion between two systems with identical line
- rates, there is no particular reason why you should not be able to generate PAL
- from SECAM, given the caveat of only having half the colour information of a
- regular PAL signal. In fact, Philips/Signetics have done it for you in their
- TDA3592A SECAM/PAL transcoder chip.
-
- JohnH
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