Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> On 05/01/2013 09:01 PM, clipka wrote:
> > Am 05.01.2013 20:53, schrieb Orchid Win7 v1:
> >
> >> PS. Where the hell uses 24 FPS? I thought everything was 25 FPS...
> >
> > Movies. All of them. Everywhere in the world (AFAIK).
> >
> > 25 fps was the effective framerate of the old European analog TV
> > standard (50 fps interlaced), probably chosen due to the 50 Hz mains
> > frequency. The US never had 25 fps anywhere - their analog TV standard
> > had 60 fps interlaced (30 fps effective).

> Just to clarify: By "old European analogue TV", you mean the thing they 
> only switched off a year or so ago, and which is still the standard 
> framerate for (at least) region-2 DVDs?

Just use the terms "PAL" and "NTSC". Easier that way.

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