Problem with US Editions Originally Released in the UK

[Chris Kelly]

They play slow because of the method of Pal to NTSC conversion used by the distributor. Is there a way to rip these for burning on to a DVD+RDL so they can play at their proper speed? I understand Reclock will slow down playback of UK editions originally released in the US which use a method of NTSC to Pal conversion which speeds everything up. But in my case, I need something which will do the opposite of Reclock and apply to ripping, not just playback.

[ProWo]

If the video is played back slower than the original, then a conversion from 25 fps (PAL, UK) to 23.976 fps (NTSC, US) has been made.
You can undo this with clever FFmpeg-GUI, without re-encoding.
First rip the video from your DVD.

Then start clever FFmpeg-GUI and load the ripped NTSC video, click main page, click various, click change framerate. Enter 25 for new fps and click change.
Wait until the conversion is finished.


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Then click on encode audio stream, select the encoder, under change length & pitch select preset FPS 23.976 -> 25 and click encode.
Wait until the conversion is finished.


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Then click on multiplex, select the two new streams (in green) on the left, deselect the other streams, select the container and click multiplex.


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Done. You have a new 25 fps video in your destination folder.

[Chris Kelly]

Why do plenty of US DVD releases of UK titles play at proper speed even when converted from Pal video to NTSC video?

[ProWo]

Why do plenty of US DVD releases of UK titles play at proper speed even when converted from Pal video to NTSC video?

Because they have been converted in such a way that the film length is retained.
In your case, this is not the case.

[Chris Kelly]

If the video is played back slower than the original, then a conversion from 25 fps (PAL, UK) to 23.976 fps (NTSC, US) has been made.
You can undo this with clever FFmpeg-GUI, without re-encoding.
First rip the video from your DVD.

Then start clever FFmpeg-GUI and load the ripped NTSC video, click main page, click various, click change framerate. Enter 25 for new fps and click change.
Wait until the conversion is finished.


[Attachment 87134 - Click to enlarge]

Then click on encode audio stream, select the encoder, under change length & pitch select preset FPS 23.976 -> 25 and click encode.
Wait until the conversion is finished.


[Attachment 87135 - Click to enlarge]

Then click on multiplex, select the two new streams (in green) on the left, deselect the other streams, select the container and click multiplex.


[Attachment 87136 - Click to enlarge]

Done. You have a new 25 fps video in your destination folder.

Would I be able to apply this to an entire DVD and maintain its menus, functionality, and audio/video streams? If not, it might be better to find the original UK releases and rip region free versions for playback on my players.

[ProWo]

Would I be able to apply this to an entire DVD and maintain its menus, functionality, and audio/video streams? If not, it might be better to find the original UK releases and rip region free versions for playback on my players.

No, the menus no.