Hi all,

I have some European PAL DVD's and I am willing to transfer them to NTSC, I've tried this guide :

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VI. PAL (Video) DVD (25i Fps) -> NTSC DVD (29.97i Fps)

1. Run DVD2AVI and load the decrypted VOBs using the "Open" item in the "File" menu (you need to choose only the first one of a sequence).
2. Check the "None" item in the "Field Operation" sub-menu of the "Video" menu.
3. Choose the desired audio track number (usually "Track 1") in the "Track Number" sub-menu of the "Audio" menu.
4. Check the "Demux" item in the "Dolby Digital" sub-menu of the "Audio" menu.
5. Check the "Auto Select" item in the "Channel Format" sub-menu of the "Audio" menu.
6. Check the "Off" item in the "48 -> 44.1 KHz" sub-menu of the "Audio" menu.
7. Select the "Save Project" item in the "File" menu.
8. Choose a location and filename for the DVD2AVI project name. A small text file with the D2V extension will be created, and the audio track specified above will be extracted from the VOB into an AC3 file in the same location.
9. Create and open a new text file with an AVS extension (to be used with AVISynth), using your favorite text editor (like Notepad).
10. Add the following lines, filling in the location and filename of the file you created above:

LoadPlugin("MPEG2DEC.dll")
LoadPlugin("SmoothDeinterlacer.dll")
MPEG2Source("DRIVE:\PATH\VTS_xx_x.d2v")
SmoothDeinterlace(doublerate=true)
LanczosResize(720,480)
ChangeFPS(59.94) # or ConvertFPS(59.94)
SeparateFields()
SelectEvery(4,1,2)
Weave()
ConvertToRGB()

11. Save the AVS file.
12. Ensure that MPEG2DEC.dll is installed. (If this file is placed in the \WINNT\System32 or \Windows\System directory, the full path is not needed, as illustrated in the above script. Otherwise, add the full path to the LoadPlugin() command.)
13. Ensure that SmoothDeinterlacer.dll is installed. (If this file is placed in the \WINNT\System32 or \Windows\System directory, the full path is not needed, as illustrated in the above script. Otherwise, add the full path to the LoadPlugin() command.)
14. Load the AVS file into TMPGEnc as the "Video Source."
NOTE: Cancel the Wizard dialog box which appears when you run TMPGEnc.
15. Load the "DVD (NTSC)" template into TMPGEnc.
16. Load the "unlock" template (located in the "Extra" directory).
17. Select "Video only" in the "Stream type" region.
18. Specify the location and name of the "Output file name" with an M2V extension.
19. In the "Rate control mode:" field, choose the type of encoding you want. Multi-pass variable bit rate (VBR) settings produce better quality, but take longer to encode. Choose your bit rate based on quality desired, length of video, size of AC3 above, size of other files that will be on the destinaion disc, and the size of destination medium. Do not exceed 9800 kbit/sec.
20. Choose "Motion estimate search (fast)" or "Highest quality (very slow)" in the "Motion search precision:" field on the "Video" tab of the "Setting" dialog.
21. Press "Start" to convert, and encode the video.

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Anyway, I've been having an AVISynth return error message saying that the "MPEG2SOURCE" command isn't recognizable. I also tried the "DirectShowSource" command and it seems it's also unrecognizable....

Any guess ? Do I have a new version of AVISynth that doesn't accept anymore these comands ?

Is there any more easy guide ?

Any help will be very apreciated;

Thanks,

Andre