from captured NTSC 480x480 to PAL SVCD without quality loss

[gorthon]

Hi!
I've been browsing these forums for a while now without finding a good answer to my problem:
I have a vacation video that is filmed on an NTSC camcorder. Now I would like to digitalize it and burn it as SVCDs (lacking a DVD burner). Moving back to Europe soon I want the SVCDs to be PAL so I will be able to play them on most standalone DVD players there.
My Camcorder is an original NTSC, nothing like PAL60 or that kind of stuff.
I guess the best way to capture would be 480x480 with 29.97 fps, right?
Are there some recommended standard filters in VirtualDub that I should apply to the captured video (50Gig) to improve Quality?
How do I best convert this to a PAL SVCD now? I don't want the speed to change.
And most importantly: How much quality will I lose? Will it be possible to see a quality difference on a TV, is it worth the whole effort? I know I could burn the whole thing as an NTSC SVD and watch it on some standalone DVD players that support this and put out PAL60, or on a PC with TV-Out. But wouldn't this cause a greater quality loss?
Thanks for you help,
Gorthon

[Bulten]

Moving back to Europe soon I want the SVCDs to be PAL so I will be able to play them on most standalone DVD players there.

Most players in Europe that can play SVCD can play NTSC SVCD's as well.

I don't want the speed to change.

Well then you will have jerky playback.

You will also have quality loss, because you will have to reencode.