Too much serching Pal / NTSC...

[Dash1]

Please help ! I may have serched too much... and getting confused with the softs that I may
need for the editing. I will be working with PAL and NTSC and May need to change the
edited versions format to fit the country...
I am concern with quality but also want to keep the process simple !

I have seen here : " use AviSynth or VirtualDubMod to do the NTSC -> PAL conversion and then frameserve the result into TMPGEnc plus to do the actual encoding " and re the Procoder.... Its all too advance for me....
Do I need all these staff ??? Is there an easy solution without loosing too much quality ???

What do you think is the best mathod and programs for me to use and
produce PAL OR NTSC on DVD and mini DV's, regardless of
the format of the raw footage [I understand mixing may be a problem].
Please explain all the steps needed...

Thank you so

[hech54]

Your best(and most simple) bet is just make NTSC DVD and be done with it.
"We play anything here(in PAL Land)"

[rmtaibo]

Please help ! I may have serched too much... and getting confused with the softs that I may
need for the editing. I will be working with PAL and NTSC and May need to change the
edited versions format to fit the country...
I am concern with quality but also want to keep the process simple !

I have seen here : " use AviSynth or VirtualDubMod to do the NTSC -> PAL conversion and then frameserve the result into TMPGEnc plus to do the actual encoding " and re the Procoder.... Its all too advance for me....
Do I need all these staff ??? Is there an easy solution without loosing too much quality ???

What do you think is the best mathod and programs for me to use and
produce PAL OR NTSC on DVD and mini DV's, regardless of
the format of the raw footage [I understand mixing may be a problem].
Please explain all the steps needed...

Thank you so

PAL/NTSC DVD conversion is not easy...

If You want the most simple, You can use Nero Vision to convert main movie or DV to DVD project. But need to do your own menues...

If you want to make real 1:1 DVD copy, then need Numenu4, DVDDecrypter, PGCEdit, and Scenarist (BIG3 tools modified procedure), and demux all VOB files by VOBID.

Yes, the secret is a good avisynth script... But that is not enough.
There's no 1 click solution available.

Take a look at this guide:

http://www.ntsc2pal.hostrocket.com/index.htm

100% guaranteed. Included subtitles, and BOV (Buttons Over Video) support (for Matrix and other Disney Stuff)
First DVD conversion I made took me about 2 weeks... Now I can make it in 1.5 hours. And Disney DVDs like "Twice upon a Christmas" takes some days, due to its 43 IFOs and a lot of games and BOVs in every VOB. But got a perfect 1:1 copy...

[Dash1]

Since I dont convert theatrical films I thought it might be simpler...

Just my source family tapes are part Pal [mini DV] and others are VHS NTSC...
I understood I need to edit it in the original format and then
While authoring to do save the output in the diferent format ...[?]

Will I be better off / simpler doing it in saporate programs ?

[MOVIEGEEK]

First I would decide which format to use:if you will be only playing the DVD in Israel then I would use PAL,if you will be sending the DVD to NTSC countries then I would use NTSC.
I would convert everything to 720x480(576 PAL) DV-AVI to edit then when done output to DVD.Most NLE's such as Ulead VideoStudio can do everything,WMM can do basic editing and convert to DV-AVI.
I would also save your project on miniDV tapes and toss the VHS tapes once you have transfered the video.

[lenti_75]

the best ntsc-pal converter is Canopus Procoder.

any other tutorial or software is crap unless you pay big $$$ for it.

[turk690]

Different and apart from already existing commercial DVDs whose sources were originally 24fps film (which I personally find pointless to convert), converting from PAL to NTSC & vice-versa legitimate DV AVI files captured from camcorders DV or analogue is rarely easy & with uncompromised results, but not if you know what options there are.
Your first option in converting from one system to the other is to wrestle with avisynth; there are tons of guides on the subject matter out there. Avisynth is free but takes time to get used to; those whose imaginations can run wild with scripts take to avisynth like ducks to water.
Another option is Firestore DV Standards Converter (www.focusinfo.com/dvconversionsuite) which is payware but provides high-quality results (if you know what settings should be) and is the closest one can get to a one-push button solution to that vexing PAL to NTSC conversion & vv.
After you've gathered all your material, you should choose if your final system should be PAL or NTSC. Then you convert those that are not after capture. Then NLE, then DVD author.
IMHO, more often than not, the problem is NOT whether it's PAL or NTSC, but that in a project with many video sources, some are one or the other. Since a legitimate DVD can only be either PAL or NTSC, it's necessary to first convert captured AVI files that are not the desired system before they can be brought to the timeline so that NLE is as bloodless as possible.
This is a worthwhile aim for PAL to NTSC conversion or vv., as opposed to toying with already existing commercial DVDs that came from some Hollywood-based 24fps Panavision camera.