Pal movie...need to burn it...

[lordmajax]

I have a movie that I can't burn. It's in PAL format. How to I convert it to a format that Nero will burn?

[j1d10t]

That depends. Are you in PAL land, or NTSC? What format is the video currently in? I.e. AVI, MPEP, etc.? What are you trying to make? A VCD, SVCD, DVD? We need more info before we can really help.

[GabeB]

DVD DECRYPTOR - RIP
DVD SHRINK - COMPRESS
NERO - BURN

Pal is not a problem (I've done it but burnt image w/ Decryptor)

[j1d10t]

DVD DECRYPTOR - RIP
DVD SHRINK - COMPRESS
NERO - BURN

Pal is not a problem (I've done it but burnt image w/ Decryptor)

But he didn't say it was a DVD. It could be an AVI, MPEG, etc. And he doesn't say if the standard for his area is PAL, or NTSC - he may be trying to convert it from PAL to NTSC. There may be more going on here than just trying to copy a DVD, especially since this is in the "newbie/general" forum, instead of the "DVD to DVDR" forum...

[jimmalenko]

As specified in the few posts before this, what is your source (AVI, MPEG, DVD) and what are you trying to burn in Nero ? (VCD, DVD etc)

[lordmajax]

the video is on my computer. There's no dvd I got the video from somebody. It's an avi and it even says dvd rip in the filename. I'm in NTSC land. I couldn't even get Nero to burn it in pal format either. I'm trying ato burn it onto a memorex dvd+r 4.7gb. I was going to burn it as a vcd because it was too long to be a svcd.

[jimmalenko]

You need to do some conversion to it first. You can burn it using the VCD structure onto a DVD but you need to adhere to certain conventions. That is why Nero won't let you burn it. There are a number of things you could do - convert to VCD and burn on CDR, convert to SVCD and burn to a couple of CDRs, or burn as a DVD-VCD. Whatever option you choose, you will not be able to use your existing AVi - you will need to do some conversion.

[lordmajax]

Okay, how do I convert it then?

[jimmalenko]

There are plenty of Guides under convert on the left hand side. If you do not wish to read them I can spell it out for you:

Get the free version of TMPGEnc. Go to File > Project wizard. Select the template that suits your purpose (probably NTSC VCD). Hit start button to commence conversion. Burn the output file using Nero.

[j1d10t]

Or use the Low Resolution DVD template in TMPGEnc.

[lordmajax]

Thanks for your help. Actuall, there's a ton of options that only a skilled converter would know though.