*** Burning PAL DVD copies in North America

A client of mine would like to provide me with her 2-disc DVD set in order for me to make copies for her. The 2-disc set is in PAL format and I'm in North America. Normally I would make a disc image of an NTSC DVD and burn copies, is it the same process for PAL discs? Do I need to do anything differently if I'm making PAL or NTSC DVD copies?

Hi there
No you don't need to do anything special, the build has already been done, you're just duplicating the files. Happy burning.
Cheers
B

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FCE movies for friends in the UK which I've burnt
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How do I burn a dvd using the PAL setting for Europe?

This is an older answer:
Make a new project in PAL using custom settings. Copy and paste the contents from the NTSC project to the PAL project. Render everything.
Don't do this unless you really need to. If you're making a DVD for Europe you don't need to.
And my question is:
Why is it not needed to change it to PAL if this DVD is for Europe?
Would it not be best to use a project with PAL SD 720x576 DV Anamorphic 25i ?
What's the difference between .... x756 DV and ... DV Anamorphic
and also completely without this DV and DV Anamorphic?

Level 10(109,395 points)Tom WolskyJan 9, 2015 5:22 PM
Re: How do I burn a dvd using the PAL setting?in response to Totti 10Why is it not needed to change it to PAL if this DVD is for Europe?
You don't, unless you want to have PAL resolution. Would it not be best to use a project with PAL SD 720x576 DV Anamorphic 25i ?
Yes, if you want a PAL resolution DVD. That's why the OP is asking how to make a PAL project. What's the difference between .... x756 DV and ... DV Anamorphic
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Not sure what this means. The DVD specification is the same as DV resolution. If the OP as an HD project that has a frame rate of 23.98, the output resolution will be NTSC DV anamorphic, because DVD only accepts 23.98, 24, or 29.97 frame rates in 720x480, not in the PAL resolution 720x576. That has to be in 25fps.
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JUst to add the reason you don't need to make PAL for Europe is because all PAL DVDs can play back NTSC. Unfortunately almost no NTSC players can play back PAL.

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