THE BEST AND EASIEST WAY TO CONVERT PAL TO NTSC DVD’S

[Leitz]

TOOLS

•SMARTRIPPER
•TMPGEnc3XP OR PLUS
•TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.5 OR ABOVE


http://www.angelfire.com/crazy3/mxc/Pal2NTSC.html

[bazooka]

Learn not to use all caps please.

It is considered aggressive and shouting.

It is also annoying.

Ok

[ghoster]

i think i would take the easy way out and get a dvd player that plays both ntsc and pal....

[guns1inger]

I just burnt my eyeballs out trying to read the guide. Try pulling the red back down to something less obtrusive. Also, run it through a spell checker.

How do you make the audio match up to the new video length ? You have increased the framerate by almost 5 fps, yet the audio hasn't been changed. Your video should finish well before the audio.

[Leitz]

Sorry about the red background I'll change it later. Audio and video always match up when I do it. Never had a problem yet doing it this way. I've done it with French and UK DVD's and no problem here.

[adam]

The reason the audio remains in sync is because TMPGenc is duplicating frames to increase the fps. This will cause jerky playback.

The correct way to convert PAL to NTSC is to simply slow the video down to 23.976fps and apply pulldown flags. You can do this by setting TMPGEnc's output framerate to 23.976fps (29.97fps internal), setting the encode mode to 3:2 pulldown when playback, and enabling the "do not framerate convert" filter on the advanced tab. You will then have to slow your audio down to match the video. BeSweet has an option to do this for you automatically. Yes, NTSC actually runs slower then PAL.

[Gurm]

NTSC film runs slower than PAL.

[hech54]

I just did a conversion with TMPGEnc Plus and the result is anything but jerky.
Took footage from DVD(created in my Philips Recorder)....ripped it with DVDDecrypter....separated the audio from the video...converted the AC3 to .WAV with Ciler's AC3Tool....loaded the MPEG and the .WAV into TMPGEnc Plus 2.5 Wizard....set for NTSC DVD and away it went....a few hours later I now have NTSC and it plays perfectly.

[adam]

NTSC film runs slower than PAL.

And since NTSCfilm and NTSC run at the same speed, NTSC is also slower then PAL.

NTSCfilm is 23.976fps. At playback it is telecined to 29.97fps on the fly by duplicating fields. Since the framerate is increased by duplicating fields, rather then by speeding up playback, the runtime never changes.

You can easily confirm that NTSC runs slower then PAL by comparing any region 1 DVD to its region 2 counterpart. You will see that the PAL release always has a runtime roughly 4% shorter.

[adam]

hech54, it is jerky because new frames have been created. Maybe you don't notice it but there is no way to go from 25 to 30 without either speeding up playback or duplicating something. I'm sure speed wasn't increased because you'd definitely notice that. So either fields (better) or frames were duplicated. Whether or not you notice it is one thing, but this is not the proper way to do such a conversion. In order to convert PAL to NTSC the correct way is to slow it down to FILM (NTSCfilm) and then telecine it using a specified pattern.

You've also lost quality by encoding interlaced. If you slow it down to NTSCfilm you can keep the stream progressive (assuming the source is progressive.)

Check out the region conversion guides already on this site. There are better ways.

[hech54]

My normal way to convert is to stick my DVDRW into my Skantic DVD player....have IT output the PAL signal as NTSC instead and re-record to my Philips DVD Recorder. I always try to use the S-Video for the best results.
I was just experimenting with TMPGEnc Plus really. It is NOT my preferred method. Almost twice the encoding time vs. real-time with the recorder?....I'll most likely take the real time any day.
I'll have to burn this to a cheapo DVD to see if I notice any jerkiness. The computer may be making it look better than it actually is?

[henry_nettles]

I have to agree with ghoster on this. Buy a cheap dvd player which will handle the PAL to NTSC automagically for you.

[EvilWizardGlick]

Use DVDSANTA if it is just a conversion (The faq and some users here say it does work to convert both ways).
Or
Use DVDFAB to strip macrovision and region code, then convert with DVDSANTA.

[rhegedus]

TOOLS

•SMARTRIPPER
•TMPGEnc3XP OR PLUS
•TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.5 OR ABOVE


http://www.angelfire.com/crazy3/mxc/Pal2NTSC.html

Seriously, what makes you think that the best would also be the easiest?