Convert PAL dvd w/subtitles to NTSC DVD

[steelborn]

I've got a Pal movie that I'd like to convert to NTSC so I can watch it on my NTSC system. It's foreign, so I need to keep the subtitles. Can anyone sugest the best way of going about this?

Thanks in advance

[TheWolf]

Hi steelborn.

For converting PAL to NTSC have al look at "Sonic Foundry Vegas Video 3.0"! It did a great job for me the other way round (NTSC-->PAL).

I realy don't know, if or how subtiteling is possible within Vegas Video but if you got your movie in NTSC there should be any other tool adding subtitles to it.

BTW: You'll get Vegas Video only as DEMO-Version but that should not be the problem

Hope this could help.

cu

[DJRumpy]

Same here. I would suggest AVISynth to convert the Video. Use the AssumeFPS command. The audio can be converted using BeSweet and BeSweet GUI. Both are in the TOOLS section (freeware).

The AVISynth script would look like this for an avi video source:

AVISource("c:\mymoviefolder\mymovie.avi")
AssumeFPS(23.976,False)

Your output file could be slowed down to FILM speed. This is usually the reverse of the method used to a create a PAL version of an NTSC film in the first place. It's lossless for video, as no frames are dropped, or added.

If your movie is VOB/MPEG, then you'll need the MPEG2DEC dll, and DVD2AVI (find them both in the TOOLS section. Freeware) to read them with AVISynth. Open the MPEG/VOB with DVD2AVI, and saveit as a project file (.D2V). Set your audio to AUDIO | DOLBY DIGITAL | DECODE. This will generate a WAV file. The script would look like this:

# Anything afte a pound sign is ignored.
LoadPlugin("c:\mydllfolder\mpeg2dec.dll") # the path is optional if the
# mpeg2dec.dll is stored in your system, or system32 directory
Mpeg2Source("c:\mymoviefolder\mymovie.d2v")
AssumeFPS(23.976,False)

The audio is converted by selecting 'PAL to FILM (23.976)' in the BeSweet GUI.

I too, have no idea as to how to handle the subtitles. I never keep them, but I'm sure someone will suggest something.