PAL to NTSC DVD Back-ups ??

[mole102]

I was wondering if there is an easy way for me to take a German DVD (PAL Format) and back it up to a Region 1 NTSC DVD, easily? I would like to preserve as much quality as will fit on a single DVD.

I am used to using DVD Shrink and ImgTool, but can't figure out how to convert the formats.

Any infromation would be appreciated.

Thanks so much.

[ammck55]

Welcome to the forum:

This thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57126&highlight=pal/) from the One Click DVD Backup Solutions (http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=65/) forum covers your problem in reverse, that is, it's on NTSC2PAL. Apparently, there is no "one-click" solution for your dilemma at this time, but go take a look, there's an interesting link in the thread by mpucoder.

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ammck55

[|minister]

ok well there appears to be no simple way to do this...

first you have to rip and demux your video and audio streams. The easiest way to do this is with DVDDecrypter + DVD2AVI. Rip your main movie title and load the Vobs into DVD2AVI. Save the project and demux the audio tracks by selecting Audio->Dolby Digital-> Demux all tracks and then pressing F4.

you can the use this (http://www.doom9.org/ac3machine.htm) guide to convert your 25fps audio into an 23.976fps audio.

Once this is done you can visit this (http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/userguides/78178.php) page which explains various methods to do the video conversion. You will need an encoder to finish the process. TMPGenc demo allows mpeg-2 encoding for a 30-day trial period. Create an avisynth script using option 1b that loads the DVD2AVI project you made earlier. Remember to leave space for you audio track and some extra space for the muxing overhead. Also don't forget to check the "Do not frame rate conversion" option in tmpgenc. This should be done with CCE to get maximum quality but: a) CCE costs money b) I have no idea how CCE works.

Once you finish with all that you should end up with a video file and an audio file that you can then reauthor to create your dvd.

This method should work for movie-only encoding. I have no idea how to do menus.

This was a lot of work! hope it helps though :)

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[joshyg2]

|minister method will work fine for a Proggressive DVD, is that what you are dealing with?

If your DVD source is a Interlaced DVD you have to use a different approach.

There are many threads on this topic so do a search.

[mole102]

Thanks to everyone that replied. I can tell that this is going to require a lot of trial and error on my part. A lot of the threads that I read are a little intimidating for someone new to this. That's why I was hoping for a one click solution :p

I will dig in and give your suggestions a try. Thanks again !!