Dvd r... need to convert PAL to NTSC

[newdles]

hey guys. i recently burned a dvd in PAL format. is there ANY way to convert the burned dvd to NTSC and reburn?

i found hardware that will do this just to plug into your dvd player and television. but no luck on software.

if its at all possible, how ?

thanks.

by the way, not sure if im in the correct section of the forum for this question. but this seemed most related.

[Eldorado]

Re-encode your video by adding these two lines to your AVS scripts:

AssumeFPS(23.976)
BicubicResize(720,480)

Then use Besweet on the audio and select the preset PAL -> NTSC (25fps -> 23.976fps)

Then reauthor!

[newdles]

thanx. will give this a try as soon as i can.

[Sp33d]

Eldorado, if I add those two lines do I then use CCE to re-encode? If not what do I use to re-encode the video?

[atreides93]

It never occurred to me that we could convert PAL dvd's to NTSC..what about going the other way? how would I convert an NTSC DVD to PAL?? I have some home movie DVD's i made that I'd love to send overseas, but they have PAL and can't play my DVD's. They don't have a computer either, so it has to work on european standalones.

[Eldorado]

I've never done myself, but this is what I would try:

Using DVD2AVI, save project as and under video, field selection, Forced Film.

Then your AVS script use those same two lines but adjust the values to be PAL:

AssumeFPS(25)
BicubicResize(756,480)

And do the same with the audio

This is just how I would try it, so don't take my word for it :)

There's lots of discussions about doing these conversion in quite a few of the other DVD boards here..

[Kika]

AssumeFPS(23.976)
BicubicResize(720,480)

This works only for progressive Source. On interlaced Source you have to use an other Way.

Something like that:

Smoothdeinterlace(doublerate=true)
BicubicResize(720,480,0,0.6)
ConvertFPS(59.94)
SeparateFields.SelectEvery(4,0,3).weave

[Topaz]

"I have some home movie DVD's i made that I'd love to send overseas, but they have PAL and can't play my DVD's"


I´m not sure I understand the purpose of this thread. We who live here in europe and have PAL dvd players can of course also play NTSC ones as long as the dvd player is region free or the dvd media itself is region free.

[E-Male]

Then your AVS script use those same two lines but adjust the values to be PAL:

AssumeFPS(25)
BicubicResize(756,480)

that should be (720,576)


also some old (over 10years) or cheap TVs can't paly NTSC, but trying it first can save a LOT of work

[atreides93]

wait! you mean european DVD players can play NTSC home movie DVD's?? i had no idea. i didn't even bother sending any because i assumed they wouldn't work. wow this is interesting. i'm going to send some very soon!

[E-Male]

most dvdplayers are locked on a region code
but they should play pal and ntsc, most of the few cases where it doesn't work are caused by the TVs

[Kika]

That's right. Some of the Players are providing a kind of Conversion too.

NTSC -> PAL(50). Works, but you don't get smooth movement.
NTSC -> NTSC. The best way ;) But you must have a TV which is NTSC-Compatible (all newer ones)
NTSC -> PAL60. Nearly the same as NTSC -> NTSC.

[Topaz]

I haven't seen any new european dvd players that don't play NTSC also.

The only problem is that the player have to be region free but why would anyone buy a new dvd players that isn't region free ?!