Newbie with PAL / NTSC prob.

[Lucianp]

I am using XP Pro SP2 and I have Nero 8 installed.

I am using Nero Vision to burn TV progs (these are old 50's & 60's stuff so I don't think they come under warez!!)that I have downloaded - mainly avi's - but it takes 3 - 5 hours to burn a 1 hour episode.

Much of it is in PAL format with some NTSC. I am burning it to NTSC. Is this whats screwing up the time?

Am I doing this right?
Should I convert it to NTSC somehow before I burn it?

All help gratefully received.

Thanks.

[DB83]

That will not help and probably confounds the problem.

The avi's that you have will more than likely not be 'dvd-frame-size' 720*540 for NTSC, 720*576 for PAL so the first thing that is happening is that each frame is being re-sized.

Secondly, if you are attempting a cross-tv standard PAL to NTSC, additional frames must be created PAL=25 frames per second and NTSC = 29.97 frames per second.

After all of that, the ACTUAL burning time is relatively small.

I do doubt whether Nero can actually do what you want successfully. Search the forum for PAL to NTSC conversion guides and consider other re-sizing utilities. Maybe Super can do this.

[Noahtuck]

I am using XP Pro SP2 and I have Nero 8 installed.

I am using Nero Vision to burn TV progs (these are old 50's & 60's stuff so I don't think they come under warez!!)that I have downloaded - mainly avi's - but it takes 3 - 5 hours to burn a 1 hour episode.

First off, if it is taking that long, it is because they are being "converted" to NTSC first, any conversion is going to take a good amount of time, and nero prob. does it slower than some others.

Just burning a disc will take a fraction of that time.

Personally i use ConvertXtoDvd to do such xvid/divx conversions, and it does it without adding extra frames, and they come out as good as you could hope & then burn with ImgBurn.
I don't know how nero does it.

Although there are other free alternative programs.

The avi's that you have will more than likely not be 'dvd-frame-size' 720*540 for NTSC, 720*576 for PAL so the first thing that is happening is that each frame is being re-sized

NTSC is 720X480

[DB83]

I am using XP Pro SP2 and I have Nero 8 installed.

I am using Nero Vision to burn TV progs (these are old 50's & 60's stuff so I don't think they come under warez!!)that I have downloaded - mainly avi's - but it takes 3 - 5 hours to burn a 1 hour episode.

First off, if it is taking that long, it is because they are being "converted" to NTSC first, any conversion is going to take a good amount of time, and nero prob. does it slower than some others.

Just burning a disc will take a fraction of that time.

Personally i use ConvertXtoDvd to do such xvid/divx conversions, and it does it without adding extra frames, and they come out as good as you could hope & then burn with ImgBurn.
I don't know how nero does it.

Although there are other free alternative programs.

The avi's that you have will more than likely not be 'dvd-frame-size' 720*540 for NTSC, 720*576 for PAL so the first thing that is happening is that each frame is being re-sized

NTSC is 720X480

Glad you spotted the deliberate mistake

[Lucianp]

Someone gave me a copy of vsoConvertXtoDVD2

Is this what I should be using? Sorry to sound so dumb. I'm new to this.

[Baldrick]

I changed your topic subject.

[Noahtuck]

Glad you spotted the deliberate mistake

[Lucianp]

I was able to convert with a trial copy of vsoConvertXtoDVD2 and after the conversion it immediatlely burned off to dvd without intervention.

The finished product was 4 .vob files, 2 ifo files and 2 bup files. I assume the ifo files are info?? and the bup files are some sort of backup???

Anyway, it all seemed to work ok although there was a watermark that kept popping up.

It looks good enough for me to purchase a copy.

Many thanks for everyones help.