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18th May 2009, 16:22 | #1 | Link |
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Mixing PAL with NTSC ...
I know this is illegal however I've done this in the past and the DVD worked perfectly on all my players (I have 4) and many others. I have yet to see a player that rejects such a mixed DVD, here in Europe.
So, where can one find such a DVD authoring software? Thanks ------------- In case you wonder how I made such DVDs, here's the process: 1. obtain the footage into DVD compliant files 2. create a PAL project(I used TMPGenc DVD Author since I'm too lazy to check others) 3. create all tracks 3.a. PAL files should be imported as such 3.b. NTSC files are replaced by "dummy" PAL files 4. create the menu as you like 5. compile the PAL DVD and obtain a VIDEO_TS folder 6. do the same with a NTSC project, however, to speed the things import only the NTSC files (keep in mind the numbering). 7. create the menu as in step 4. It's not difficult as the templates are rather finite in version 1.5 8. compile the NTSC DVD 9. all you have now to do is to rename the files in NTSC disc to their equivalents in PAL (hopefully you remember their correct index) 10. copy them onto the "dummy" ones 11. run IFOedit and FixVTS to correct things, like sector numbers and pointers Bingo. Last edited by Ghitulescu; 19th May 2009 at 07:26. |
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19th May 2009, 08:16 | #4 | Link |
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it is officially possible to mix NTSC and PAL on DVDs.
You just have to put PAL and NTSC into different VTS'. Then use a playlist to play them in any order you like.
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You can mix 16:9 with 4:3 (not in the same VTS though) or different audio types (again not in the same VTS). But you cannot mix NTSC with PAL and say that's a DVD, because it's not and therefore it should not bear the DVD logo. But I'm glad to hear that you've done this with a piece of software and no tricks. Please share its name with us. |
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I live in a PAL country, so the tools I have have PAL as their default setting. Besides, the NTSC material I have is almost irrelevant in comparison to the native PAL. Call it laziness.
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