RC and FPV Basics: NTSC and PAL explained

[@bugsy742]

5 years on and still awesome info broseph 👍🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@erubio91]

I really liked this video! You made everything super clear and understandable. I just want to say thank you.

[@Painless360]

You're welcome. Check out the other videos that cover the basics in the 'Introduction to Remote Control'. Happy flying!

[@belperflyer7419]

I'm older enough to remember when colour TV was in its infancy (early 1950s!) and the different systems being touted in Europe a few years later. I was brought up living over the family TV shop and worked there for a while. All the TVs I worked on were only 405 line monochrome but I haven't owned a TV myself for over 50 years. There were mnemonics to remember 3 of the systems. NTSC was Never Twice the Same Colour (I did see a video of goldfish where the gold didn't keep up with the fish) SECAM was System Essentially Contrary to the American Method (the French like their individuality) PAL is obviously Perfection At Last! Not into FPV myself but several of my club mates are and I keep being tempted but I think I would prefer fixed wing rather than MR. Good video that I'm sure will clarify the reasons for incompatibility if you're not aware of the differences in video standards.

[@Painless360]

+Belper Flyer Great post - thanks for that! FPV on fixed wing (with lots of height and a balanced prop) can be very fun! Happy flying!

[@magicalpencil]

the lower resolution of NTSC is why HD took off so much in America, also that is why their older programs like Friends etc were so colourful to make up for the lesser clarity

[@Drewklein7]

Thank you very much!!! You teacher me all I know abut fpv

[@DanielKezar]

hey! just the video i needed!! how do you have like every single thing i always need for information haha!! congrats on 100k subs by the way. wicked cool!!

[@calebyoung1018]

Nice to see you here! I had the same issue

[@DanielKezar]

@@calebyoung1018 bro that was over a year ago lol. fancy meeting you here tho

[@paulbizard3493]

Hi Painless. I have a question: I read that there exists a PAL standard called PAL M whose number of visible lines is 480 rather than the regular PAL 576 visible lines. Are our FPV cameras using the regular PAL (576 visible lines) or the special PAL M standard (480 visible lines) ? Thanks.

[@Painless360]

I dont know. What I can say is that there significantly more vertical height in the PAL image, see the difference in the space for OSD elements when configuring an OSD in something like betaflight or INAV... happy flying!

[@paulbizard3493]

@@Painless360 Thanks anyway. If you see a difference then it's the regular PAL (625 horizontal lines but only 576 visible).

[@Painless360]

That would be my guess too... happy flying

[@priyanshuroy1119]

So which fpv camera should i choose PAL or NTSC

[@Painless360]

Choose the one that's the same as the other kit you use. Happy flying!

[@kenspaceman3938]

So if using the DJI goggles with an analog video receiver bolted on it, then it is the video receiver that needs to be able to handle pal or ntsc, the goggles can then display the image regardless of what kind of signal the external analog video receiver is decoding?

[@Painless360]

Yep, that's what it should do.. Happy flying

[@PowerScissor]

Question on the subject. Why do all my FPV Cameras state 700 lines of resolution? If the image is to be uncropped when transmitted as PAL, 625 would be better? I'm seeing 75 cropped lines?

[@willievergara1694]

thanks for the basic info, it helps me understand those subject

[@flywithmefpv]

Excellent explanation mate!

[@JT-jy2sy]

Is there NTSC and Pal mode in vtx?

[@BronzeBobcat]

If my drone came with a PAL camera and i want to replace it, do I have to put another PAL camera or will NTSC work?

[@Painless360]

+jrmendoza7 a lot of fpv kit will detect and change to the right format. Personally I would replace like with like. Best of luck!

[@machinedred]

So are my hd3s pal?

[@Painless360]

Fatsharks auto switch between the two.

[@demacherius1]

is the framerate noticable in latency ? or does it feel the same when flying ?

[@Painless360]

+Michael Schuster I only fly PAL so tricky for me to comment but I'd expect any would difference would be way too fast to the average human to even detect..

[@demacherius1]

ok thx

[@Mk98788]

+Painless360 the human eye recognizes around25 frames per seconds higher framerates are nice but you dont need them

[@blackmennewstyle]

I actually had chance to live in countries using different image standard but i always prefered PAL over NTSC. Also my experience with NTSC in FPV has always been a succession of troubles...

[@lebasson]

Why is that? Does it have to do with combining incompatible systems or something else? Curious about what troubles you had because I'm considering stepping over to NTSC for the faster framerate.

[@My.Sm.family]

Nice

[@calebyoung1018]

I came to this vid after I figured it out by myself. I was looking up things for hours like "fpv video messed up"

[@Painless360]

Make sure you are subscribed and have the bell notification icon selected so you don't miss future content. Happy flying

[@calebyoung1018]

@@Painless360 man ive been a subscriber for a long time. Not a chance I wouldn't be! ;)

[@Crlarl]

That's not completely true. PAL and NTSC are ways of encoding colour. The different sync frequencies are commonly associated with PAL and NTSC because there are very rarely any deviations. 525 lines (480i) at 59.94Hz is used with the M and J systems as well as PAL-60. 625 lines (576i) at 50Hz is used with systems B, G, D, H, I, K, L, M and N.

[@Painless360]

+dimmddr1 this video is to help those confused understand the basics for RC. Please make a video that covers that detail - it would be useful to the community. Best of luck.

[@CNCmachiningisfun]

NTSC is short for "Never Twice Same Colour" ;) .

[@Painless360]

:D