Need advise for PAL compression

Hi,
I have a movie that I made in NTSC.
I would like to make a PAL DVD for someone who has no NTSC player.
After reading the various threads, I would like to try compressor.
Coudl someone help me and advise me what to choose to have the best result
Under compressor (version 3.5.1) I have seen 8 and 10 bits uncompressed, DVPAL, DV50 PAL, and PAL ANAMORPHIC.
I am not sure I quite understand how these differences will impact the result (DVD).
Should I make a self contained movie first from my NTSC project and use that to make the PAL ?
Thanks in advance to those who would like to share their knowledge and experience.
Ivan

Yes Nick, I know and I think that you already suggested the same thing in a previous thread if I remember well.
The fact is that when I sent them the NTSC version, the color was not stable, going from B&W to yellow and other problem to read the DVD, which I checked on my equipment before sending of course.
You might be right.
May be this problem is not related to format.
Thanks a lot
Ivan

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