Pal dVD from NTSC Footage

When you author a Pal DVD using NTSC as your original footage do you need to convert using compressor first or can you just set up for a Pal DVD in DVDSP using your original NTSC footage?
Thanks
Jeff

when you open a project file and change the preferences I believe you will get a warning.
DVDSP is an authoring environment. It would be better to managing the NTSC-PAL conversion in Compressor.That tool is designed for this type of work.

Similar Messages

  • PAL DVD from NTSC original

    Hi,
    Just got DVD SP 4 and had a question. I heard from someone that you could make a PAL DVD from NTSC source footage in DVD SP 4 in one easy step...is this true?
    I kinda poked around but didn't see a magic button that seemed to do this...
    I have a DVD with NTSC footage...it's an auto-play with no menus, just an 8 minute video. Do I need to make a PAL version of the footage outside of DVD SP 4 or is there something in the program that does this for me?
    Thank in advance...
    Christian Remde

    Is this something only available in Compressor? When I export via Quicktime Pro from within FCP4, I can choose to convert to PAL from NTSC or vice-versa and it looks okay to me. Does Compressor do anything special when it comes to format conversion that QTPro doesn't do? The frame-blending (if necessary) and scaling seems to be done in QTPro, so I can't think of anything else Compressor could do to come up with a better result. Of course I'm also one of the many who keep getting the "Unable to connect to background process" error, so I don't think Compressor is an option for me.

  • Can Encore make a Pal DVD from NTSC source?

    Can Encore make a Pal DVD from NTSC source?

    Convert NTSC <--> PAL http://forums.adobe.com/thread/995779
    Regions and NTSC vs PAL http://forums.adobe.com/thread/951042

  • Creating a PAL DVD  from NTSC Video camcorder

    Can the latest version of iMovie create a PAL DVD from NTSC Video camcorder? What are best practices and workflow to create a PAL DVD from NTSC sources.

    iMovie doesn't create DVDs, iDVD does..
    in iM's prefs, set Video to 30fps = NTSC
    quit and relaunch to take changes in effect
    in iDVD's prefs, set Video to 25fps = PAL
    quit and relaunch to take changes in effect
    when finished with editing in iM, Share to Mediabrowser
    in iDVD, select a theme, grab movies from Mediabrowser
    burned DVD will be PAL ..

  • Burning PAL dvd from NTSC FCP 6 project?

    I need to burn a European market PAL dvd sample from a NTSC project. I've done this before for a European film festival, but it was a very hit or miss process.. Basically, back then, I mixed the project down as both PAL and NTSC files, then burned every combination of NTSC and PAL format DVDs (PAL file/PAL dvd format, NTSC file/PAL dvd format, PAL file NTSC format, and NTSC file/NTSC format).. I expected the PAL/PAL to work, but it didn't. In fact, I seem to remember that one of the combos that I least expected to work actually did.. maybe the NTSC/PAL disk (can't remember for sure)
    Will someone please advise me as to the correct way to burn the NTSC project, such that it will be playable an European PAL format machines?

    If you need a true PAL dvd, you need to convert your ntsc quicktime to a PAL quicktime using either compressor or something like graeme Natrresses standard conversion plug in. You will also need to recreate your dvd menus and reauthor the dvd.

  • Exporting problem: How can I make a PAL DVD with NTSC footage?

    Hi everyone,
    I need some help as I've been trying to burn a DVD for a couple of days now but it still isn't working. Here is my situation:
    I shot a lot of standard definition DV with my Canon GL-2 (NTSC, bought in America) that I imported into the trial version of Premiere 5.5.
    I edited the footage and set out to make a DVD with the footage that will play on PAL televisions as I live in Australia now and it's all PAL over here.
    I exported the footage and put it onto Windows DVD Maker because the trial version of Premiere doesn't let you use Encore.
    The footage looked great on Premiere and on the little preview that you get through Windows DVD Maker, but when I burnt the DVD and tried playing it on my TV it looked really bad.
    The big problem was the color. Everything was much too red, particularly people's faces.
    I assume the problem lies in my export settings, and I was hoping someome who has done this before could help me out. I tried a variety of settings, but they all looked bad and I'd prefer not to waste any more money on DVDs that look like hell.
    Is there anyone out there who can tell me how I can get the DVD to look like it does on my computer? What setting would I need to apply? I have been all over the internet, looking at a lot of tutorials and forums, but havent found an answer yet.
    Thanks a bunch!
    Shawn
    PS- My academic credentials have now been verified by Adobe, so if you know a way to do this using Encore, please let me know because in a few hours I will have access to that as well. Cheers!

    Hey shooternz, thanks for the fast reply.
    My DVD player is playing the DVDs so that's OK, the real problem is that they look so bad. I just bought a whole mess of DVDs because I thought I would just experiment while I was waiting to see if anyone could help me out, and the results have been frustrating. I tried it with all PAL settings and the first DVD I made was much better. That one didnt have all of the sections, just one of the chapters (I wanted to check quickly whether the setting I had was a good one, so I just put a short 7 minute clip on). Encouraged, I tried burning the whole disc using the same settings, but it came out crappy again. Much too red. This is really frustrating me. My computer is new, so I can't see why there would be any problem with the DVD burner, but if two DVDs with the same export settings are coming out differently, I'm thinking it might have to be a problem with either the DVD burner or the DVDs?
    Can anybody suggest anything? I'm dying here.

  • Burn a PAL dvd from ntsc project

    I have an NTSC project with all ntsc media and would like to burn a PAL dvd. what is the easiest way to do so. I converted the media to pal and was hoping to do a 'save as' on the dvdsp project and just change it to PAL but it won't except the media.
    thanks
    andy
    dvdsp 4, 2.7 dual g5.

    It makes sense that a PAL DVD project wouldn't accept media that's already compressed to MPEG2 in NTSC format. When the DVD is built, all it does is multiplex the audio/video. It doesn't change the compression or frame rate or size.
    You'd probably need to recompress the original edited source video in Compressor to PAL format. Once you select a preset in Compressor, you need to change the Video Format from Automatic to PAL. Select the preset and in the Inspector, click the Encoder section, then the Video Format tab. Then you'll see the Video Format popup menu where you can change it to PAL.
    One other thing to keep in mind: It might be a waste of time to convert it to PAL since most PAL DVD players can convert NTSC format DVDs on the fly during playback. I send NTSC DVDs to Hungary all the time and they have no trouble playing them with typical consumer PAL DVD players.

  • Making PAL dvd from NTSC movie

    I have all my DVD assets in NTSC, and I produced a good quality NTSC DVD. I have been asked from relative to make PAL DVD. I have converted the sequences to PAL.
    My question is . Do I have to convert also to PAL the IDV menu, the shot picture in the menu, and the Itunes in the menu.
    If your aswer is yes! - How can I do that? I am using Mac G5 final cut pro 4. Your help is appreciated
    Thanks
    Moussa

    My sequence is already converted to PAL.
    1. When I recreate the menu. Do I have to convert the menu to PAL?
    2. When I recreate the picture shot background to the menu. Do I have to convert the still picture also to PAL, before importing?
    3. When I imported the music to background/Menu. The music is too loud. Can I lower the volume from the menu?
    4. When I convert my sequence from NTSC to PAL. How can I know that my new sequence turned to be PAL? (I am using MPEG Streamclip) When I went to get info on the new sequence, there is no sign if the sequence is PAL or NTSC.
    Please help. This is very confusing
    thanks
    moussa

  • PAL DVD from NTSC video

    I am doing a project pro bono for a friend of video I shot for him at his daughter's 4th birthday.  They want to send the DVD to Russia for the grandparents to see.
    This is the first PAL DVD I have attempted with Encore CS4 using NTSC footage.  Here is the workflow proposed in hopes to get a properly formatted and viewable DVD.
    Open a new PAL Encore project, then using the dynamic link, bring in the NTSC edited video.
    The menu I used in the NTSC version of the DVD for the parents used a 4:3 NTSC frame which I saved as a menu and will import to the PAL project to avoid having to create it again (which contatined about 12 buttons for selecting various shots).
    There is no PAL menu in Encore so I am wondering if the NTSC menu will be stretched when viewed in PAL.
    More imporntantly, I am wondering if the video will be re-sized correctly in the PAL Encore project, since I have no way to test it.
    Would very much appreciate input on this effort.
    Thanks!!

    You could just send them an NTSC DVD - nearly all PAL DVD players can play NTSC discs.

  • Creating a PAL Widescreen DVD from NTSC footage.

    First off, my iDVD is version 7.0.4
    If someone could help me out with a very precise workflow it would be great, because I have a project with a one day turn around and the DVDs have to play properly the next day.
    This is the (sparse) information I got from the company that needs the DVDs : "As long as the DVD is UK pal widescreen it will play on the monitors."
    In the past, if shooting in NTSC and transferring to PAL, I've had the DVDs professionally transferred. With this project, I won't have time to do that.
    I'm planning on shooting on a DVX100 and editing in FCP. If shooting in NTSC is going to cause problems, I can definitely rent a PAL camera instead. (And would prefer to do that than have to do too much in post to get to a PAL Widescreen DVD)
    Can you let me know what sequence settings I should use (for both the NTSC possibility and the PAL possibility) in FCP, and then exactly how to set up the DVD in iDVD? I know this is a super basic question- thanks in advance for your help.
    Please note: I need the most reliable, quick workflow- would rather spend some money on renting a PAL camera if that's a more reliable method than transferring footage.

    Thanks for the response! I just learned about an additional problem, unfortunately...
    The client has OTHER footage that was already shot in NTSC that they need edited into the project. So I pretty much have to shoot in NTSC. However, there is the additional option of uploading the final clip to a server instead of burnind DVDs... any advice? Can I use MPEG Streamclip to create Pal files (let's say quality doesn't have to matter as much...)

  • How to create a PAL DVD from a NTSC camera

    Hi,
    I have a Canon HF10 which I have bought in the US, so it is a NTSC camera. I am living in Europe, so I would like to create a PAL dvd from the footage which I have recorded.
    The footage have been shot using 1080/24p and I have imported it into iMovie. Do I need to do something extra or can I just export it and burn an dvd from iDVD?
    Best regards
    Henrik.

    Henrik Skak Pedersen wrote:
    .. The frame rate is 30 which is a surprise because I recorded it at 24.
    no surprise.. the ccd of you device is read-out 24p, but the camera records upsampled in 30i ..
    24p on consumer devices is mostly marketing blabla..
    in Europe, a 25p more is more interesting..
    you have a NTSC device. full stop.
    in iDVD, set prefs to 25fps (=PAL), relaunch iDVD, import iM project..
    so, you record in 24p, got 30i on tape, anc convert again in 25i (=PAL) ... happy landing..
    aside: better results in standards-conversion with free app JES Deinterlacer ...

  • How do I convert an entire PAL DVD to NTSC, menus and all?

    Hello everyone,
    I've been given a set of PAL DVD's which need to be converted into NTSC. Now, from my understanding, there is no one program available that can do this, so I've had to rip all the video tracks off, convert them to NTSC mp2's and author the DVD from the ground up in DVDSP, build a VIDEO_TS file, then use Toast to compress to a single layer DVD and burn. If anyone knows a program that can convert an entire PAL DVD to NTSC, that would be greatly appreciated.
    The next problem is that when I burn any of the DVD's and put them in a duplication tower (I'm not sure if that's the actual name, but it's one of those machines where you just put the original disc in the top drive and fill the other 8 or so drives under it with blanks), it says that the burn has failed. I have tried another duplication tower and end with the same result. One option I have not tried just yet is to change the brand of media I'm using to burn, but will do so next chance I get.
    I'm not sure if the two problems are related or not, but I just thought it would help.
    Thanks in advance.

    2 options.
    1) Best option - only available if you have the source material - Convert source material from PAL to NTSC using the Nattress standards converter.
    http://www.nattress.com/Products/standardsconversion/standardsconversion.htm
    or the JES deinterlacer:
    http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeschot/home.html
    It's also possible to do this in Compressor but not as good quality and longer render times.
    2) If you don't have the source footage, you'll need to demux the file in MPeg Streamclip:
    http://www.squared5.com/
    then transcode the file as described here:
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1946985&#1946985

  • Convert PAL DVD to NTSC?

    Hi. I recently got an imac G5 and tried playing my 1st DVD. The message came up saying that I have to choose a region code and will only be able to set the region code 5 times before its permanently set. I find this very inconvienent as I have some of both NTSC (region 1) and PAL (region 2) DVDs that I would like to be able to play on my Mac. As a worksround....I'm wondering if its possible for me to convert my PAL DVDs to NTSC using imovie and perhaps some other software.......perhaps importing the info on the PAL DVD into imovie ......and burning a NTSC (region 1) copy? If possible .....how would I go about doing this? Thanks.

    I have my computer set to read region 2 DVD . Is this a problem when trying to convert a DVD to region free or 1?
    When I run MTR, I get 2 folders, Audio_TS (which is empty) and VIDEO_TS.
    VIDEO_TS has many files, example; VIDEO_TS.BUP, VIDEO_TSIFO, VIDEO_VOB, VTS010.BUP, VTS010.IFO, VTS010.VOB....... etc.
    When I open JES 2.7.6 to convert from PAL > NTSC... the JES input pane doesn't see the files (they won't hi-lite, double click or anything) (could it be because I have my computer set to read region 2?)
    Toast see the MTR files. If I try importing those same MTR files or the DVD files to Toast 6>video tab, I get "files are in a unsupported format and cannot be imported"
    If I try and simply take the Pal DVD and "Toast it" from the desktop, I get "Disk could not be mounted. All open files and programs on this volume must be closed first"
    When I tried DVDxDV>OTMovie, the playback was jittery on any thing that was moving with-in the picture frame. completely un-watchable. (well maybe with the right drugs....)
    I looked at both links send by Matti (btw thank you very much) but I am a novice and don't understand all of the technical jargon....
    All I'm trying to do is get a DVD that will play on my stand alone DVD/TV....
    KnuckleHead

  • Help with getting high quality DVDs from AVCHD footage

    Hello,
    I know enough about video editing with PE7 to be dangerous, and was hoping someone could help me out.
    My question is regarding getting the highest quality standard DVD from AVCHD footage. I have a Sony HDR-SR12 camcorder recording in AVCHD. I am editing footage natively in AVCHD with PE7 on a quad core system. No problem with that. However, when I export to standard DVD the quality of the video goes down drastically. (Yes, I know burning to Blu-ray would give me higher quality, but I am giving this DVD to a friend who doesn't have Blu-ray).
    So far I have tried starting my project in both HD 1080i 30 5.1 channel:
    General
    Editing mode: HDV 1080i
    Timebase: 29.97 fps
    Video Settings
    Frame size: 1440h 1080v (1.333)
    Frame rate: 29.97 frames/second
    Pixel Aspect Ratio: HD Anamorphic 1080 (1.333)
    and Full HD 1080i 30 5.1 channel:
    General
    Editing mode: HD 1080i
    Timebase: 29.97 fps
    Video Settings
    Frame size: 1920h 1080v (1.000)
    Frame rate: 29.97 frames/second
    Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square Pixels (1.0)
    But I see no discernable difference in the quality of my output onto DVD.
    This is where my knowledge is lacking...how can I get the best quality output from my AVCHD onto a standard DVD? Is there some format I can convert to first, and then burn to DVD? Also, I am willing to break the footage into a couple of DVDs to improve the quality, but I don't know how or what to do for that.
    My footage looks REALLY great when viewing from the HDR-SR12 direct to HD TV with HDMI cable, but not very good on the DVD. My footage is of a ballet recital, and I lose definition in the faces, costumes, etc on the DVD output.
    Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
    Gina

    Hey Gina,
    This may be a year late, but as I have been pulling my hair out trying to solve this problem for the last 48 hours I finally did find somewhat of a work around, but it requires Adobe PP CS4.2.
    There is a plug-in here:
    http://www.mainconcept.com/site/prosumer-products-4/mpeg-pro-hd-7850/features-7861.html
    Which will actually output your edit as an AVCHD file. You can then burn this straight to an AVCHD using Nero 9 and keep the highquality level of your clips and not need Blu-Ray. The DVD player will need to be AVCHD capable, but I just bought one of those for $40 as compared to the $200+ of most Blu-Ray players.
    Hope that helps.
    Regards,
    DSW

  • How to convert PAL dvd to NTSC?

    Hello I am trying to convert a PAL dvd to NTSC format and was unable to when I tried mac the ripper. Perhaps it wasn't the program for it.
    I'm looking for a free program that would allow me to do this.
    Thanks.
    Dorian

    I do not have final cut pro. Is there another option I can use?
    No I'm not trying to rip dvd's. I bought this dvd in europe but unfortunately cannot play in on my dvd player (although I have an all format playing dvd player).
    Also, do you get an error when logging into the apple forums.
    This is the message I get every time:
    Error
    An error has occurred. We apologize for the inconvenience.
    Thanks for your help.
    Dorian

Maybe you are looking for