How: NTSC DV to PAL VCD

[Harpreet]

I have some home movies on MiniDV tapes in 29.97 NTSC format. I have been converting them to NTSC VCDs without problems. However, now I am trying to convert these to PAL VCDs. I have the following tools available:
- Adobe Premeire (which I use to edit my videos)
- TmpgEnc
- NERO and VideoPack to Author/Burn.

I have a few questions:
1. I usually edit the video in Premiere, and create a NTSC avi file, which I then encode in tmpgenc to create NTSC VCD. If I am creating a PAL VCD, can I use the same NTSC avi file and just specify NTSC in tmpgenc settings? Or do I need to make a new avi file altogether from Premiere with PAL settings?
2. Is there a way to properly test this PAL VCD on a computer, since I do not have PAL playback equipment - I only have a NTSC TV and DVD/VCD player?
3. Does anyone have any suggestions on the settings I need to use or steps I need to follow to make sure I get a good quality output?

Thanks

[burro_master3]

Check http://www.geocities.com/kristereriksson87/pal2ntsc.zip
Try the files to convert....i know the filename i pal2ntsc but it is ntsc2pal.......whn you press the link use "save target as" or otherwise you will only come to geocities......

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: burro_master3 on 2001-12-26 02:32:43 ]</font>

[523pfe]

The link is broken. Can you email copy to me
n.mazure@btinternet.com

[dumwaldo]

go here...

https://www.videohelp.com/phpBB/search.php?id=3

enter PAL or NTSC and search. there are very extensive threads detailing the problems of converting between NTSC and PAL on the forum already.