NTSC to PAL

[aweegin]

Simple as the title suggests really, I have a folder of mpegs some being PAL but the majority are NTSC (so nero tells me). Is there an easy program that'd scan through the folder (or another way) and convert which need to be?

Problems occured, I tried to 'make my own DVD' using nero, when asked if i would like to convert NTSC files to PAL i got a 'encountered problem/unable to complete task' box and that was that!!

If any help, i have newest dvd decryptor. dvd shrink 3.2 and dvd santa.

Hope you can help.

[Baldrick]

you could try dvd santa. i think it can convert ntsc to pal.

[aweegin]

Cheers pal, i shall certainly give it a go. You mean to convert the files then use it to burn the disc too? Thats the ultimate goal... Though i do recall my DVD Santa will only go to a maximum of 4.7 disc and it's over that size..bugger.

Any ways around this, or is my progam just out of date?

[Richard_G]

There's no need to convert. A European (Region 2) DVD player will play NTSC and PAL equally because Japan is in Region 2 but uses NTSC. Consequently, all Region 2 players have to be able to play both. Due to the different frame rate between the 2 standards, you'll often get jumpy video as 5 frames a second are dropped or a video that runs slow.

[aweegin]

The problem i have is also, my cheap dvd player ( Pacific) plays the whole deal fine as a data dvd.

My friends Dansai 955 wont touch it..' disc error'..it'd spit it out if it could!! Though i have not yet tried the region hack i found last night, and she has now gone away for 10 days so i gotta wait.

[thecrock]

Some questions.

What do you do about the jumpy playback? I am in Pal land, so if i have a file at 23.967 fps should i convert it to 25 fps, will this help with jumpy video or do i go to 29 fps?

[Richard_G]

You don't do anything about jumpy playback. As I said before there is absolutely no good reason whatsoever to convert NTSC to PAL if you are in Europe. A Region 2 DVD player MUST be capable of playing NTSC as well as PAL. If a particular machine will not play back a video DVD in the correct format, it is most likely that it is a a media problem.

Aweegin, what do you mean by a data DVD? Are you burning as .vob, .bup and .ifo in a VIDEO_TS folder or simply burning video files to a disc. If the latter, that is almost certainly why they won't play. You are simply lucky that your machine will play them, the majority won't.

[aweegin]

Richard.G.. then Lady Luck is on my side.

By Data DVD i litterally mean i am usin Nero to burn the Mpeg/Nero Showtime etc files onto a dvd straight from the folder..poppin them in my Pacific player and away she goes!! (so thats good i take it?)

What stumped me is my friend Dansai..according to the writing on the front..should play Mpeg!

They are just music videos i downloaded (limewire). Wanted to put them on a disc so i could play them elsewhere in the house. My friend would also like a copy of said disc..hense where i found dificulty. I'm new to this kinda problem havin only previously backed up standard dvds..and makin data (mpeg) dvds sweetly oblivious to the luck of my dvd player!

Make sense?

I am also running this question..
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=272923

[Richard_G]

As has been pointed out in the other thread, the video files need to be authored into the correct format for a DVD compliant disc. Have a lookat 'What is DVD' at the top left of this page to see what the folder structure and file format needs to be. To turn a number of video files into this format you need software that authors them. You could try TDA which a lot of people on here recommend. I have never used it so don't know how easy it is to use.

Alternatively, go to www.ulead.co.uk and download the 30 day free trial of Ulead DVD MovieFactory. You can load this with your files, create a menu if you want to and it will create the correct file structue and burn to disc. The only thing I think you may need to take into account is the mix of PAL and NTSC files you have. I suspect any software will try to convert everything to the same standard or will simply reject those that are in the wrong (ie, different to your project settings) standard. UMF has a command lurking in it so it won't re-encode any files that are already in a DVD compliant format otherwise it will re-encode everything to a standard DVD compliant frame size which can take some time.