Trying to produce PAL DVD

roger608

Newbie Location: Florida, USA Joined: Apr 21, 2009 16:15 Messages: 19 Offline

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Apr 21, 2009 16:59

As input I use I DV-AVI NTSC files, edit in PD7.0.2611 (preference NTSC) and then produce to PAL MPEG4, create menus and then burn. Problem is the DVD ends up in NTSC judging from the fact it plays in my NTSC DVD player (3 year old RCA). So then I set the preference to PAL, open new project, import the PAL file previously produced, add DVD menu. etc., and burn...... NTSC compatible once again.

Any thoughts on what is going on? Is there a program I can use to check the format (PAL or NTSC) of the produced files?

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JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Apr 21, 2009 19:19

Roger

Many dvd players play both PAL and NTSC. In fact, I send NTSC dvd's to a buddy over the pond and he plays them just fine. If you want to know, I'd probably use MediaInfo and drop the whole DVD folder in it. For one in the video section you would see

Video
ID : 0xE0
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Bit rate mode : Variable
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC

and for the other:
Video
ID : 0xE0
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Bit rate mode : Variable
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL

You will also have less quality loss if you leave it in native format, NTSC or PAL.

Jeff

roger608

Newbie Location: Florida, USA Joined: Apr 21, 2009 16:15 Messages: 19 Offline

Apr 22, 2009 20:20

Thanks for the tip. Checked my files with mediainfo.....and, Illbdmnd...they are PAL. Hummm...since the RCA DVD player plays PAL perhaps it is region free??

Thanks again, JL. AMD FX8350 8 CORE, 16GB, Win 10 Home Prem 64-bit, GTX 1050 2GB, 250GB SSD, 1TB Hitachi SATA 2, PD16

JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Apr 22, 2009 20:50

Roger,

Home burnt dvd's are region free unless you use a tool to add a region specification. Your question was not on region, but on format. Your created disk is region free but contains either the PAL or NTSC format specification. Again, most DVD players can handle that.

As I mentioned, the frame rate conversion usually causes pretty average results and most DVD players actually do a better job so you might be better off sticking with the native format rather than having PD7 do a NTSC to PAL frame rate conversion.

Jeff

James W

Senior Contributor Location: Lakeland, FL USA Joined: Aug 18, 2008 10:36 Messages: 911 Offline

Apr 24, 2009 08:01

I remember reading on a different forum (not related to cyberlink) about playing a PAL disk on a NTSC DVD player. Due to the increased frame rate the audio was played at a slightly higher pitch to keep up with the video. There may be the opposite effect going from NTSC to PAL. This may not apply directly to the original question, but it is something to just be aware of. Q9300 2.5 GHz
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