Convert to 30fps for NTSC

Hello all,
I tried converting a DV piece to 24fps via Nattress film effects but the result is too shaky. If I didn't blow up the picture to 133% to give it the widescreen look I might have gotten away with the 24fps but no dice.
So, I tried converting it to 30 fps and it didn't look as bad. Will I be able to get this into a NTSC format DVD? Or will I have any other problems down the road for NTSC?
Thanks in advance,
Pete

I haven't gotten an answer out for this but I wanted to clean up my unresolved questions.

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a few previous posts it sounds like it may require
additional software...but what the heck, thought I'd
ask anyway ! I operate in UK and have made several
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onto a DVD and sent to them as gifts. Now I want to
do the same for a friend in the States, and I'm
wondering how to go about the PAL>>NTSC issue. Would
it be easiest to just take the PAL-dvd and pay
somebody at Jessops etc to convert it onto a NTSC dvd
for me? I don't mind paying a few quid for someone
else to do it, especially if it would require me to
go out and buy all kinds of software to be able to do
it myself... But I'm worried about how the picture
files, music, titling, special effects etc would come
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