PAL progressive to NTSC problem

[Ducky]

ive written a question in another thread but it has been moved, i then start a new thread in the right section so i hope ill get more answers from advanced conversions specialists...

here are my problems:

Ive used the "bible" site (http://www.geocities.com/xesdeeni2001/StandardsConversion/) to do a PAL->NTSC conversion. But I finished with a jerky video. I searched on the message board and I found that this method was created for a interlaced PAL and that most of PAL videos are progressive. Well, I think mine is progressive as I dont see horizontal lines while there is a big movment.

so, as FulciLives mentionned in another thread, I tried the 2nd method (the one for vcd pal->ntsc vcd)

as far as i understood that one, what i only have to do is to load the d2v file from my dvd into TMPGEnc Plus, there is no avisynth script? well i loaded it and changed all settings from PAL to NTSC format (720*780, 29.97FPS and NTSC in the first raw). i converted like 1 min and it looked fine so i let it run.

my question is: do i do it in the right way?
and what about this MP2->AC3 conversion, do i really need all these steps? i previously encoded the .mpa file i had with dvd2avi to WAV with tmpgnc plus and then reencoded to AC3 thanks to ffmpeggui02c and it sounded ok to my hears and it was synch...
tell me if my method is really bad...

Thanks for any helping answers

Etienne

[Baldrick]

One post is enough.
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=211315&highlight=