VCD (PAL) to DVD (NTSC)

[lansing]

I was attempting to convert a VCD (PAL) to a DVD (NTSC). However, it looks like the DVD quality is not much better than the VCD quality originally for obvious reasons.

Going through all the different twists and turns I found something interesting. I found that you can create 1 DVD using the .mpg(s) that were extracted from the original VCD. The only problem is that the DVD becomes a PAL version rather than the NTSC version that I require through Toast 6 and it doesn't let you convert it to the NTSC version. The DVD (PAL) works fine with the apple DVD player however the stand alone dvd player doesn't want to recognize it do to the region issue. Using QTPro 6.5 I found that it was a MPEG1 file but QT PRo doesn't export in that format.


Questions:
Is there any way to convert the .mpg files that were extracted using galactica's tutorial (http://webpages.charter.net/ernsta/SVCD2DVD.htm) into NTSC versions so that I can duplicate the creation of the DVD to a version supported by my DVD player.

Is there any way to edit/delete parts of the mpg(s) before I let Toast 6 or something else anyone can recommend burn it.


thanks for all your help.

[Frobozz]

As you've learned Toast does not convert PAL to NTSC or the other way around. If you search this forum for PAL and NTSC you'll find this topic has been discussed quite a bit. Meanwhile, I suggest you get a registered copy of MPEG2 Works. I presume you know that neither this conversion nor the burning of MPEG 1 files to DVD will make the video look any better.