NTSC DVD to PAL VCD

[etlprws]

Is it possible to rip an NTSC DVD to a PAL VCD?

If so, can someone give me some guidance on how? I've tried the standard SmartRipper/DVD2AVI/TMPGEnc method and I end up with an MPEG file that is jumpy (both audio and video).

Thanks
Peter

[humdinger]

the only way ive found to get round this is to use premiere. when you have saved your d2v file use the vfapi converter to make a 'dummy' avi, which you can load into premiere. make sure the project settings are to the pal standard, then you can use avisynth to frameserve from premiere to tmpegenc, with the pal vcd template loaded.

[etlprws]

Thanks for the info...but am I missing some thing? What happens to the audio. When I run DVD2AVI I get two files, the D2V and a wav file. How do I get the audio and the video back together and in sync?

I tried frameserving from avisynth to TMPGEnc and my PC crashes after about 30 minutes. Is there a problem with any particular versions of avisynth / TMPGEnc / W2K?

Thanks again.

[richy]

Here's how I've done NTSC DVD - PAL VCD before (very roughly!)

Load the .d2v file made with DVD2AVI into TMPG and then load the template for PAL VCD

Select the "do not change frame rate" (or whatever it's called) option because this will keep the video in sync with the audio and this causes jerky playback (by adding in extra frames).

Process the audio separately. I use Nero 5.5's wave editor and time correction feature to speed the audio up (96% should be what you want but you might need to check that - 96% means it takes 96% of the original running time to play, ie. speeds it up by 4%ish[?]) You can use other sample editors which are maybe better but Nero on "music" setting seems fine to me.

Mux the video and audio together and you should have in-sync video and audio without any jerkiness.

One more thing - always use Convert to Film in DVD2AVI wherever possible (if DVD2AVI reckons the original DVD is 95% or above FILM) because this makes life a lot easier.

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[etlprws]

Thanks for the advice Richy. Makes sense that if you end up with less frames then the playing time will be shorter and hence the audio needs to be shorter (faster).

Your last comment is interesting. Is that because FILM is around 23 fps rather than NTCS's 29 fps. How do you identify if a DVD is FILM?

Thanks
Peter

[richy]

In DVD2AVI press F5 and you get a preview of the VOB files or whatever you have opened. In the pop up window you have the following: aspect ratio, frame rate and then video type. If the video type says FILM or anything like FILM 95% (up to FILM 99%) then you can use Video/Field Operation/Forced Film option in the main menu. Doing this will give you totally non-interlaced video to work with which means you'll get a really nice conversion into PAL. Hope all the above makes sense

[richy]

..also acts as an inverse telecine (probably more importantly!)