PAL/NTSC issue

[redbaron88]

So this is a huge forum and I haven't begun to navigate around these waters, so I have a simple question that maybe someone can help me with.

I am trying to convert PAL vobs to NTSC vobs with the original DVD menu's, and perhaps other extra's intact. It is essential I keep the menu's, because I already know how to use ConvertXtoDVD ..which will burn PAL vob files, but will not keep the original DVD menu or extra's. I have tried several programs and wasted a heap of dvd's on this project.

programs I used with accompanying tutorials:

-IFOedit
-DVD shrink
-imgburn
-OJsoft Total Video Converter
-VobBlanker
-Virtualdub
-Ashampoo
-Nero express 10
-DVDfab

There are some others, but I don't want to make a huge list.

The thing is some of these programs say you can convert PAL to NTSC, but they always fail. I have attempted
all these programs for some time, and I am ready to throw the towel in on this one and get a "Multi-Regional DVD Player", but I fear I will have more problems if I get the wrong one.

Can anyone give me some quality advice how to convert PAL vobs to NTSC ready for burning, if you will? Or at least recommend a great budget friendly multi-regional dvd player? I would really appreciate someone's assistance on this matter.

[manono]

I am ready to throw the towel in on this one and get a "Multi-Regional DVD Player", but I fear I will have more problems if I get the wrong one.

Get the player and save yourself a lot of grief. For cheap, about any Philips player can do it.

Can anyone give me some quality advice how to convert PAL vobs to NTSC ready for burning, if you will?

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Doctor-Ms-berGuide-for-Full-PAL-to-NTSC-DVD...0/topic/10111/

Have fun.

[victoriabears]

http://stores.ebay.ca/MULTI-SYSTEM-DVD-REGION-FREE-DVD

or

http://www.multi-region-dvd-player.com/shop

I have the Pioneer 420V and it is FAB, even has picture adjustments which reduce noise from VHS transfers

I am one of those people who tend to over think and over complicate a lot of things, having many hundreds of DVD;s from around the world in my collection though, I have never converted any from PAL to NTSC, other than one offs for friends/relatives who will insist on hanging on to their NTSC only dvd player.

Make life easy, spend under a $100 on a dvd player and relax.