DVD2DVD-R/frame pictures and field pictures Question

[icemanatvcd]

When you start the procedure it comes up with the message:

DVD2DVDR has detected that the source may contain both frame pictures and field pictures, and frame pictures may be progressive or intrlaced frames. We recommend to set the encoder option "PROGRESSIVE FRAMES" to TRUE. This is good for 95% of dvd's"

I live in Australia so all movies are PAL, do I need to tick this option. If so, how do I check whether the picture is progressive or interlaced. I thought it only appplied to NTSC DVDs only. I heard about some out of Sync problems.

Thank you.

[vitualis]

Almost all Australian PAL movies use progressive frames (though they may be encoded as interlaced fields). I suggest that you choose "progressive".

Regards.

[icemanatvcd]

OK thanks for that.

What If I don't as I am about 59% through CCE progress?

If I do, do I need to click any other options in DVD2DVD-R?.

Thanks matey!

[mrbass]

I'm attempting to write a guide "How to use dvd2dvd-r to produce dvds that don't play using NTSC and IFOEDIT". Well for now they're freezing in my pioneer 434 standalone.
http://www.mrbass.org/dvd2dvdr (rough draft)

Even for those who are using scenarist are you doing force film, pulldown, set drop frame, set progressive? What options are you using.

I may just give up on this program if I can't get it to work and instead head back to use DVD2SVCD for dvd backups but need to use Maestro for it and it doesn't export subtitles...suck.

[adam]

If you were to accidentally tick non progressive in CCE when using a progressive source than it would probably be ok. CCE is only a frame based encoder, as opposed to a field based one, so it shouldn't really have any effect on how it encoded the file. I would run the file through pulldown.exe though and set the frames to progressive otherwise you can get jittery playback on some dvd players.

mrbass: I have never used dvd2dvd-r, but I can tell you what settings one needs to use to backup an NTSC DVD. Basically the answer to all those questions is yes. For the vast majority of NTSC DVDs, forced film will work so after using this option in dvd2avi you would encode progressively at 23.976fps, and run pulldown.exe to apply the pulldown flags. In Scenarist you must set the project to drop frame as well. Is there anything else you wanted to know? If I get a chance I will download this program, make all the applicable settings for NTSC, and then post or send a screenshot...if that would help.

[mrbass]

The problem now is with those settings and using ifoedit....pulldown is setting those parameters..I see it doing it.

If you stick it in your player and let it play it'll play the whole movie just fine but the time display will be stuck. You can hit pause, etc.

Problem is if you skip to a chapter or if you fast forward in five seconds it'll freeze at a frame. Hit play doesn't work. You can hit next chapter and then five seconds later it'll freeze again.

[mrbass]

ok I finished my guide...no longer rough draft status ... NTSC DVDs are great if you can live doing them with Scenarist and no subs.....I only hope for the future.

http://www.mrbass.org/dvd2dvdr