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zilog jones
22nd March 2005, 18:24
Is it possible to make a DVD video with some parts in PAL and others in NTSC? Or do I have to stick to the same standard to make it playable?

I'm pretty new to DVD authoring, but I've made a good few SVCDs, one of them consisting of several PAL half-D1 MPEG-2 videos (some with 48kHz audio!), and one MPEG-1 NTSC VCD-standard video - all on the same disc. It played fine in my standalone, amazingly. Is the same kind of crazyness possible with DVDs? Though I would just be putting proper DVD standard PAL and NTSC videos on the one disc.

Or is it the case were only some players will actually play it correctly?
mpucoder
22nd March 2005, 19:47
It is possible, but not according to specification. Unlike SVCD a DVD starts with a top level menu that sets the mode, even if there is no video. Some players have no problem switching modes, others ...
video
26th March 2005, 05:50
Originally posted by zilog jones
Is it possible to make a DVD video with some parts in PAL and others in NTSC? Or do I have to stick to the same standard to make it playable?

I'm pretty new to DVD authoring, but I've made a good few SVCDs, one of them consisting of several PAL half-D1 MPEG-2 videos (some with 48kHz audio!), and one MPEG-1 NTSC VCD-standard video - all on the same disc. It played fine in my standalone, amazingly. Is the same kind of crazyness possible with DVDs? Though I would just be putting proper DVD standard PAL and NTSC videos on the one disc.

Or is it the case were only some players will actually play it correctly?

You are so lucky. Even on svcd its not so legal to have pal/ntsc mixed. For an svcd 48kHz audio is not so legal. No offense my dvd player accepts even AC3 at 44.1kHz for an svcd disc. The problem with these stuff that they are not possibly playable with other players.
zilog jones
27th March 2005, 17:54
Ah, so it is possible but just not necessarily playable on everything. Thanks for the help!