[Help converting PAL to NTSC when burning DL DVDs]

I haven't done it myself, but there are guides for doing that at VideoHelp.com. You might lose some quality though.

 

 

I found a great tutorial at videohelp called 'Converting a PAL DVD to NTSC DVD using CCE'

 

Thanks mmalves!

[Help converting PAL to NTSC when burning DL DVDs]

I ordered my father a PAL disc from overseas that did not have CSS or any other so-called "copy protection" bs, so there was nothing in US law preventing my making a copy of it for him to watch on his HDTV (my Old Man, God bless him, still can't program the VCR). Thus, I too had the same problem of converting PAL --> NTSC.

 

I found a program called Blaze Media Pro. It does many, many other video and audio related tasks (ripping CDs, converting video formats from one to the other, etc). Most importantly, though, it converts discs easily from one "standard" to another. (Why there isn't just one is beyond me; falls under the same category as, "why is there just one telephone number format?")

 

This is their URL: http://www.blazemp.com/blaze_media_pro.asp It's $50 American, but has a 21 day trial which is plenty of time to burn a few discs.

 

I was able to convert a 2 hour dual-layer DVD from PAL with ease. It preserved the layer break of the original, pressed disc and I was able to burn it to a +R DL using Nero or CopytoDVD (can remember which) with no problems.

 

One draw-back: it took 19 hours to do one disc. (Since each frame must be changed, one can see how much work's involved.)

 

I was (then) using a P4HT 2.8G w/1.5GB RAM. I now how have a Core Duo 2 w/4GB RAM and an X1950XTX Crossfire video adapter system with 1GB of VRAM. So I imagine on my new rig, it would be significantly faster. (I have one disc that needs to be converted, but I haven't got around to doing it yet.)

 

Hi Pain_Man,

 

I'm glad someone else knows what I mean with the whole conversion thing. Thanks for the info on Blaze Media Pro. I'll have to check it out. I have a 3.4GHz Machine now with 1GB of RAM, so it may take a while.

 

Does Blaze come with instructions?

 

Thanks again. I'll let you know how it goes.

[Help converting PAL to NTSC when burning DL DVDs]

Thanks mmalves! I saw Precoder 3, but was curious if the older version was still available. I am goinf to be trying one of the suggestions from the site you gave me last night too - thanks again!

[Help converting PAL to NTSC when burning DL DVDs]

I woulda thought high end equipment played both framerates. But who knows what goes on in an insulated market such as the US? They mustn't think other (better) formats exist.

 

Framerate conversions aren't all that hard. The absolute easiest (but easily the most expensive) software to use is Procoder 2. It never fails and never gets the audio outa sync (which happens a LOT in framerate conversions).

 

Regards

 

Thanks blutach.

 

Actually, I think the whole DVD market is backward with its Regions and PAL vs. NTSC. There are a ton on films I wopuld love to buy and watch that are in PAL format and it just makes it a little tougher, but I digress...

 

I'm having a hard time finding 'Procoder 2'. Does anyone have a link?

[Piecing together a DVD]

Hello again. I have several DVDs I made of recordings directly from TV. Many of the episodes are in the wrong order or several different shows are on one disk. Does anyone know of a good tutorial that discusses how to take the Titles or Chapters you want from several disks and rearrange them before the final burn on another DVD?

 

Also, I would like to know if there is any good information on how to make my own DVD menu that will actually work properly.

 

Thanks for anything you can tell me.

 

Mike - aka MrClean.

[Help Burning DL DVDs]

By the way, only use Verbatim DVD+R DL media (it's the only good one), and burn at 2.4x for best results.

 

I bought some Memorex DVD+R DL already. Do you think I should return them?

[Help converting PAL to NTSC when burning DL DVDs]

Thanks again mmalves - I'll check out that site.

[Help Burning DL DVDs]

Thanks for your response!

 

I know the disks can't be protected and I have looked through the Guides section. I was just a little nervous about trying dual-layer since it is brand new to me. I would also like to preserve the menus, subtitles, extras, and anamorphic widescreen if possible.

 

Thanks again - Mike.

[Help converting PAL to NTSC when burning DL DVDs]

Hello,

 

I have several DVDs that are in dual-layer PAL format that I can only watch on my computer or on a portable DVD player that I can hook-up to my TV. I would like to make back-ups of these discs for two reasons 1) I have 3 kids who have destroyed previous disks, and 2) I would like to convert the DVDs to NTSC format so I can watch them on my higher-end equipment instead of just the two choices.

 

If someone has done this before I would appreciate any advice or help you were willing to offer. Would someone mind sending me a How-To guide or Instructions?

 

I have a seperate post regarding the proper way to burn backups of a dual-layer DVD onto another dual-layer DVD.

 

Thanks for your time!

 

Mike - aka MrClean.

[Help Burning DL DVDs]

Hello. I Just got a Dual-Layer DVD burner and would like to make backup copies of some of my more prized DVDs - many of which are dual-layer.

 

Would someone mind sending me a How-To guide or Instructions, so I don't end up making a bunch of expensive coasters?

 

I have burned several using DVD Shrink and Nero onto DVD-R disks, but with my HDTV I would like to try and conserve as much of the quality as possible.

 

Also, if anyone knows how to preserve the anamorphic widescreen setting (or set it) I would love to know.

 

I will have a seperate post for a question on converting PAL to NTSC.

 

Thanks for your time!

 

Mike - aka MrClean.