Ripping pal region 2 to region 1 problems

[EricDraven]

I've been trying to rip pal discs to my hard drive to burn to region 1 dvdr and have tried various free "dvd rippers". Most don't work because of protection and dvd cloner justs copies it as pal r2. I tried the program called MakeMkv and it does indeed rip the disc in perfect quality, no stuttering or loss of quality like in most of the others I've tried. Now, the problem is, that when I use the Freemake Video Converter, it clearly shows the videos in the program, but when it burns the files to disc there is only the menu and the files with sound only. This happened when I used another program that just ripped the sound and no picture when I played them on my windows media player. What am I doing wrong?

[hech54]

I've been trying to rip pal discs to my hard drive to burn to region 1 dvdr What am I doing wrong?

This.

PAL is a video format......a "region" is NOT and has nothing to do with the video format.
Video format(PAL and NTSC) and Region Codes have NOTHING to do with each other.

[usually_quiet]

You could try ripping the DVD to mkv with MakeMKV instead of copying the disc. Once that is done, AVStoDVD can convert the video from PAL to NTSC and can be used to create DVD with a simple menu. You will need to set up AVStoDVD to author NTSC DVDs. HCEnc is the best encoder that AVStoDVD can use, so you will have to set that up as well.

If you have a lot of out-of-region DVDs/Blu-Ray discs and plan to get more, the smart thing to do is to get a region-free player that can convert from PAL to NTSC. It will save you the effort of converting and re-authoring these discs for use with an NTSC-only player and TV.

[EricDraven]

Thanks, but your replies don't tell me why there is sound only and no video when burned to dvdr. Doesn't Freemake convert pal to ntsc?

[usually_quiet]

I have no idea, whether it can convert from PAL to NTSC, let alone whether it does a good job at that or not. Like a lot of other members here I don't and won't use Freemake, having seen too many complaints about it. It isn't worth the trouble of avoiding the adware it wants to install.

From VideoHelp's software section:

NOTE Freemake Video Converter will add a logo to the end for videos longer than 5 minuters. WARNING! BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN YOU INSTALL THIS SOFTWARE. IT CONTAINS SEVERAL VERY ANNOYING BROWSER ADDONS.

[EricDraven]

I use Freemake as my main converter/burner with NO problems or adware. I used to use DVDFlick but had problems with sound sync and takes absolutely ages to convert and burn. I also like Freemake as it automatically fits your videos to fit on the dvd. I downloaded AVStoDVD but have the problem of fitting the desired files to fit on the dvd. Is there an option to "shrink" the files like DVDFlick has?

[hech54]

As you have no doubt found out by now, converting PAL to NTSC (and vise versa) is no easy task....and has been since forever. Only recently has there been software that actually GIVES you the option of converting between the two, but does it fairly well....and that is AVStoDVD.
Your best bet is to copy the disc MOVIE ONLY - ONE LANGUAGE - NO SUBTITLES (just a naked film) and run it through AVStoDVD.
Anything else is just a waste of time.

[usually_quiet]

I use Freemake as my main converter/burner with NO problems or adware. I used to use DVDFlick but had problems with sound sync and takes absolutely ages to convert and burn. I also like Freemake as it automatically fits your videos to fit on the dvd. I downloaded AVStoDVD but have the problem of fitting the desired files to fit on the dvd. Is there an option to "shrink" the files like DVDFlick has?

Selecting the capacity for the type of DVD media you are using from the list under "DVD Size" normally causes AVStoDVD to encode the videos in your list to all fit on one DVD. If you have selected the matching capacity for your media, and your files still don't fit then try hech54's suggestion.

[EricDraven]

I seen that option for dvd size. I have about 4 hours of tv episodes to put on one disc. Can AVStoDVD do it?

[usually_quiet]

I seen that option for dvd size. I have about 4 hours of tv episodes to put on one disc. Can AVStoDVD do it?

You should not put more than 2 hours of video on a DVD 5 if you want good quality. At 4 hours it becomes necessary to reduce the resolution to 352x480 for the low bitrate required. DVD 9 would work, but the only reliable DVD9 media available is Verbatim's DVD+R DL. Burning DVD9 is a little different from burning DVD5 because you need to set a layer break.

[manono]

Can AVStoDVD do it?

Yes, but you might not like the results if you put them on a DVD5.

[EricDraven]

OK, I finally did it. I used DVDFLICK and it converted the pal video to NTSC, but it took 12 hours! That is way to long to wait to convert these files. I also was able to fit the desired 4 hours on 1 disc without quality loss, but I did notice that when there was sudden movements, I would see thin lines in the picture around the people walking or whatever. I seen this type of lines on some videos online. Looing for a dvd authoring program that doesn't take as much time as DVDFLICK. And ASVtoDVD isn't an option if I can't put more then 2 hours on a disc.

[newpball]

OK, I finally did it. I used DVDFLICK and it converted the pal video to NTSC, but it took 12 hours! That is way to long to wait to convert these files. I also was able to fit the desired 4 hours on 1 disc without quality loss, but I did notice that when there was sudden movements, I would see thin lines in the picture around the people walking or whatever. I seen this type of lines on some videos online. Looing for a dvd authoring program that doesn't take as much time as DVDFLICK. And ASVtoDVD isn't an option if I can't put more then 2 hours on a disc.

Apparently you do not give a rat's ass about quality so in that case just duplicate every fourth frame to go from 25i to 30i, I am sure someone can recommend some great tools that can do this very quickly.

[usually_quiet]

OK, I finally did it. I used DVDFLICK and it converted the pal video to NTSC, but it took 12 hours! That is way to long to wait to convert these files. I also was able to fit the desired 4 hours on 1 disc without quality loss, but I did notice that when there was sudden movements, I would see thin lines in the picture around the people walking or whatever. I seen this type of lines on some videos online. Looing for a dvd authoring program that doesn't take as much time as DVDFLICK. And ASVtoDVD isn't an option if I can't put more then 2 hours on a disc.

Check the resolution for the DVD Flick conversion using MediaInfo. I would be surprised if it was not 352x480 or 352x576.

Regardless of the software you use, if you encode 4 hours of video at 720x480 or 720x576 resolution for DVD there will be visible compression artifacts/macro blocking and loss of detail unless your subject matter is relatively static, or not very complex, like cartoons for example. This is a consequence of needing to use MPEG-2 for DVD video.

AVStoDVD could put 4 hours on a DVD but it won't be fast either, and may or may not give a better result. Good video conversions take a long time no matter what software you use unless your CPU is a fast quad core or better.

[drjtech]

I also was able to fit the desired 4 hours on 1 disc without quality loss, but I did notice that when there was sudden movements, I would see thin lines in the picture around the people walking or whatever.

And you don't consider this quality loss? I consider that unacceptable quality loss.

[manono]

And ASVtoDVD isn't an option if I can't put more then 2 hours on a disc.

Nonsense. Everyone else can. I wonder why you can't figure it out. In this guide it even explains how to set the size:

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/353284-AVStoDVD-beginners-guide-Any-video-to-DVD-Video

And it'll do a helluva lot better job with the conversion than DVDFlick ever will. Why not post 10 seconds or so of the DVDFlick result so we can have a look?

Apparently you do not give a rat's ass about quality so in that case just duplicate every fourth frame to go from 25i to 30i

I'm fairly certain that's how DVDFlick makes the conversion.

[usually_quiet]

And ASVtoDVD isn't an option if I can't put more then 2 hours on a disc.

Nonsense. Everyone else can. I wonder why you can't figure it out. In this guide it even explains how to set the size:

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/353284-AVStoDVD-beginners-guide-Any-video-to-DVD-Video

And it'll do a helluva lot better job with the conversion than DVDFlick ever will. Why not post 10 seconds or so of the DVDFlick result so we can have a look?

Yes, if using HCEnc, AVStoDVD should do a better job. HCEnc is a good encoder for low bit rate MPEG-2. However, I would still recommend reducing the resolution to 352x480 for 4 hours of video per DVD5 for typical video input files.