Burning PAL disc to NTSC

I have purchased several PAL discs (from East Africa) that I want to convert to NTSC for some N. American viewing. Some set-top DVD players have no problem playing them but others disallow it (region code and/or not NTSC). I can play the discs in my computer using DVD Player but can I read the contents of the discs into my computer and rewrite them in NTSC format without region code problems and how do I do this? Is it worth it to purchase Ripit software?

Region Codes are used mainly my the motion picture industry for limiting movie playback to a given area / continent of commercial dvd's (as well as dvd players themselves) and hence to control playback in a variety of locations.
To the best of my knowledge, Region Codes have little to do with burning an actual Dvd thru iDvd/iLife which essentially burns to region zero to facilitate universal playback in ALL regions. The exception to this rule is if one were to use apple's FCS2 / DVDSP to set a specific region code or rather flag the dvd with a given RC).
Region Codes have much more to do with initial firmware / hardware playback configuration / settings of the dvd-rom / burner when you first configure or install a burner in your computer. It may also have something to do with apple's dvd player application. It will ask you to select a region based upon your own location (which you can do at most 5 times for the same drive / burner). You'll get a dialog box similar to this asking you to make this selection:
Click Here
As for PAL vs NTSC your Mac will be able to play both PAL and NTSC discs. You should be ok here and this shouldn't be a concern as far as the computer is concerned.
However, the US is RC 1 while S. Africa I believe is RC 2. If you attempt to play a dvd from RC 1 in RC 2 then you'll get a dialog box asking you to set the proper region. And like I said, you can do this up to 5 times.
My suggestion is if you plan to be in both regions, invest in an ext. FW burner / player. Have the mac set to US (region 1) and the ext. FW device set to region 2 ..... that way you'll conserve on resetting your mac each time you wish to play a different region / dvd.
http://www.macworld.com/article/133147/2008/04/wrestledvdregion.html
Hope this makes sense but if not just come on back.
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