Pal / ntsc training dvd roms

hi there,
does anyone know if i buy ntsc training dvds will they be playable in my imac in pal land?
thanks
BArry
imac g5   Mac OS X (10.4)   fcp

Yes, they will. FCP can handle both PAL and NTSC formats (and a lot more besides!)
Bear in mind though that if you wish to play an NTSC timeline out to an external deck/monitor the deck and monitor will need to be NTSC-capable, which could present you with a problem. But for strictly computer-display learning purposes, you'll not have a problem,

Similar Messages

  • How to convert DVDs (PAL, NTSC) to mp4?

    Hello,
    I would like to convert DVDs (PAL, NTSC) to mp4.
    I have Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, but never used it.
    I am looking for a easy to understand information how to do it step by step.
    Maybe there are already how tos for this?
    PAL: 720 x 576, 25 fps
    NTSC: 720 x 480, 29 fps
    Thank you very much.
    Sandra

    Oh, you need to learn the program first before you can export anything...
    Get yourself a month of Lynda.com subscription and learn CS3.
    Watch the Online Video Course Premiere Pro CS3 Essential Training
    Adobe TV had a course for CS3 but they dropped that.

  • How to make an NTSC DVD from Pal & NTSC videos using CS3

    Hi!
    I am on CS3, on Windows.
    I need to create an NTSC widescreen DVD from footage that is both NTSC and PAL. Also some of the footage is 4:3 and some 16:9.
    What would be the best way to accomplish this.
    I created an NTSC widescreen project in Premiere CS3. Imported all footage and arranged on timeline.
    While exporting to Encore or to Media Encoder for MPEG 2 DVD - I am constantly getting the error "Failed to return video frame". Or "An unexpected error occured." I am unable to burn even and AVI. I have confirmed, that all audio and video clips are exact duration and that there is no gap between frames on timeline.
    I am able to successfully burn most of the clips individually (except one from about 20 + clips) - but fails when I export them togetether.
    I am racing against time, I have very tight timeline, I need to get it done today :-(
    I would appreciate help from experts on:
    1) What could be causing this error - how can I fix it?
    2) Is the workflow I am using (combining all clips as they are), the way to go - or do I need to do something before I combine/export them for NTSC Widescreen DVD.
    Thanks.
    Rene

    I think you are starting on the wrong track with this, if your source video is a DVD disk then you should not be converting it to anything. You just need the raw mpeg video from the dvd itself. a dvd consists of VOB files but they are really just mpg files with different header information. In most cases you can even rename a .vob file to .mpg and play it with any media player program.
    Anyways you should go download this free program: http://www.svcd2dvd.com/VOB2MPG/default.aspx
    It's a great little simple utility, you point to your video_ts folder and it will export the vob files for each title into a solid .MPG file which you can import into premiere and edit any way you would like. without wasting time or quality encoding to a different medium codec.
    I will say that CS4 is much better at handling mpg files then CS3 if i remember correctly, but see how it works for you.
    Good luck!

  • HDV NTSC & PAL to SD DVD

    PLEASE HELP!!
    I've got two different projects that need to be combined into one dvd for the client.
    problem is the first project was shot and edited as HDV 1080/60i and the second at
    1080/50i, so i have an NTSC sequence and a PAL sequence.
    the DVD needs to be in PAL.
    also, i'm completely confused in regards to getting HDV to a SD DVD.
    can't figure out what's the fastest, highest quality workflow.
    thus far using compressor and dvd studio pro 4 to build the DVD using just the PAL sequence i've gotten nothing but interlaced awful looking video.
    i've searched the boards on these subjects but i'm still not getting anywhere, just more confused.
    any guidance is greatly appreciated!
    thank you

    thanks RedTruck, i will try this!
    quick question:
    is JES deinterlacer the best way to convert the NTSC HDV to PAL HDV (or 1080/60i to 1080/50i)?
    client also now wants this on PAL digibeta, so i'm thinking maybe the easiest way of doing all this is getting everything to 1080/50i HDV PAL, exporting via the camera back to HDV tape then taking the HDV tape to a dub house and have it downconverted there to DigiBeta. from that, reimport as SD PAL to make the PAL DVDs. how does this sound?

  • Possible to do a DL PAL / NTSC DVD?

    Hi,
    we just finishing our DVD which is a PAL project and just comes out to fit a single DVD. Is it possible to make a DualLayer DVD with a PAL project on the first half and a NTSC project on the second to increase the commercial sale possibilities for the USA and Japan? Would a standard DVD be able to choose between these two or does it has to work through a kind of universal Menue?
    Best regards - Christoph

    Christoph:
    Would a standard DVD be able to choose between these two or does it has to work through a kind of universal Menue?
    There is no way to include both standards PAL/NTSC material in the same disc/project.
      Alberto

  • PAL & NTSC DVDs--an Option?

    I have an extensive collection of PAL & NTSC DVDs. The G5 has a (lower) empty optical drive slot. If I install another Superdrive will I be able to set it up to exclusively use this to play PAL regions 2 & 4 DVDs without locking the G5 permanently into this format i.e. use the first drive to still play NTSC Region 1 DVDs only? I understand that the manual says the the format choice can only be changed 5 times, but it is not clear to me if this statement applies only to the optical drives or the computer itself. I certainly do not want to make an irreversible choice for the G5!
    Any help will be appreciated.

    So... You are confusing video standard (format) with region codes here. The optical drives in Macs (most) are region code locked, meaning that they will only play disks from one region (and that region may be changed up to 5 times before the hardware gets stuck). It doesn't care what video format is on the disk from that region (NTSC or PAL), and it doesn't care about region-free disks (recordable DVDs, and commercial region-free disks).
    On the Mac, the region locking is managed by firmware on the drive itself, so you can have one drive per region, if you like.
    It might be more convenient to upgrade the firmware on the drive (depending on what model you have) to a region-free version of the firmware. As you may or may not be aware, the US is a WIPO signatory country and is prohibited from recognizing region codes as a form of copy protection or copyright control. Apple includes region code locks on their drives, ostensibly at the behest of their peers in the media industry, but it's perfectly OK for you to remove it (and, there are locales where region code locking is actually prohibited, but presumably if you bought your Mac there the locks are already absent). Be aware, however, that changing the firmware of the drive would void the warranty on the drive (not the whole Mac, just the DVD drive).
    Another option might be to purchase an external region-free DVD drive.

  • PAL - NTSC  Prores for DVD authoring

    Hi
    Ive 100 mins of concert footage shot on Canon t2i. 25fps PROGRESSIVE.
    I need to author and duplicate a DVD using DVD studio pro, this will be pressed and released commercially.
    Im trying to get the best quality and work method.
    After loads of reading, so far, this is my work route.
    1. Convert Prores files from PAL - NTSC using Comp 4.
    Im keeping the same size, 1920 x 1080, just changing the frame rate to 29.97.
    In frame controls I have ..
    Resize - BETTER      Deinterlace BETTER ( though can this be set to FAST as the footage is PROGRESSIVE)
    Rate conversion BETTER
    2.Take these NTSC Pro res 1920 x 1080 and convert in COMP 4 to m2v. Using 2 pass VBR. (???????)
    It looks OK...just paranoid... just want to know if im missing a trick....????

    A couple of thoughts:
    If you're sending out this to a replication house, I'd  check with them before you do anything in Compressor or DVDSP to make sure you know all their specifications.
    Also consider sending your movie to a post house that has the hardware to do standards conversions. You can do it in Compressor (or another compression apps) but hardware doe a conversion better job than software,  Asj the replication people for their recommendation.
    What you outlined for steps in Compressor seem pretty reasonable. A few recommendations:
    For best quality, set the Resize  filter to Best. And Compressor will see that your video is progressive so that setting can just be the default.
    Yes. Use two pass VBR – unless the replication house says otherwise.  (Check with the replication people about optimal bit rate settings.)
    For Audio set Dialogue Normalization to -31.
    magenta1 wrote:
    It looks OK...just paranoid... just want to know if im missing a trick....????
    Not paranoid…just smart.
    Best of luck.
    Russ

  • PAL/NTSC DVD's

    I recently purchased a 17-inch Intel-based iMac, and i was wondering if it can play DVD's from different countries (Japan in particular), wouold there be a problem with PAL/NTSC TV's??
    Thank You

    Remember you will only be able to change the Region Code in your computer 5 times. After that it will be locked to the last Region Code you used.
    So if you have DVD's from say Japan and the USA, then each has a different Region Code. If you play a USA, then a Japan DVD, that will use up one of your changes, then if you go back to USA then another will be used. Once you use the 5th change your machine will only play discs from the Region Code you last set it to. SO you could only play USA or Japan NOT both.
    This has nothing to do with NTSC or PAL as they are not Region Code based.
    They are simple the format of the TV signal being output.
    If for instance you only ever use Japan DVD's all with the same Region Code then it does not matter if they are PAL or NTSC you can play them as many times as you like, no issue as you swap from one to the other.
    Region Codes are there to prevent content from being bought in one region of the world and played in another.
    You can read more about Region Codes here :-
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVDregioncode
    Ian

  • VHS (NTSC and PAL) conversion to DVD

    I am trying to figure out an easy way to convert years of old kids videos (VHS in both NTSC and PAL format) to DVD.
    I have seen there are combo VHS players (NTSC) with DVD recorder and hard drives. This looks like a lot easier than connecting Canoplus ADVC device.
    Any advice welcome,
    thanks

    Welcome to Apple Discussions
    If you have a digital camcorder you can do what I do. I use a Sony DV camcorder as a pass-through to convert video tape (VHS, Beta & video 8) via FireWire into iMovie.

  • PAL letterboxed to NTSC anamorphic DVD

    I'm trying to figure out a good workflow to go from a PAL letterboxed
    QuickTime movie to an NTSC anamorphic DVD. A rather depressing assignment.
    Using Compressor, I started with the DVD: 90-minute Best setting.
    In the MPEG-2 Video Format section, I selected NTSC, 29.97, 16:9, top first.
    Turned on all the frame controls--set to better or fast,
    and set Source Inset (Cropping) to 16:9. That works, but there are some
    nasty interlacing artifacts.
    Am I doing something absurd here?
    Would it make more sense to split the workflow:
    first deinterlacing, then resizing and changing the frame rate,
    followed by the MPEG-2 encoding?
    I could split the process up with a New Job with Target Output,
    or I could do all the "mastering" in Shake, and just use Compressor
    for the MPEG-2 encoding.
    Any words of wisdom would be most appreciated.

    OK, I figured out a great workflow, and I'd like to share it.
    1. Compressor: Setting: DV PAL Anamorphic
    a. Encoder: Video Settings: Frame Rate Current, Scan Mode Progressive, Aspect Ratio 16:9
    b. Frame Controls: Resize Better, Output Fields Progressive, Deinterlace Better, Adaptive Details Off
    c. Geometry: Source Inset: Crop 16:9
    2. Cinema Tools: Conform to 23.98
    3. Compressor: Setting: DV NTSC Anamorphic
      a. Encoder: Video Settings: Frame Rate Current, Scan Mode Progressive, Aspect Ratio 16:9
    4. Compressor: Setting: DVD: Best Quality 90 minutes
    So, to summarize, I used Frame Controls to do the heavy lifting of resizing and deinterlacing, and avoided the issue of retiming by conforming. Since the footage was progressive, converting to NTSC was easy, and didn't require Frame Controls. DVD looks nice.
    And the cool thing about the new Apple Forum Format is that I can answer my own questions!

  • Software To Create Interactive Training DVD

    I have a new project I am working on. A interactive training DVD. I invision a split screen. One side text or still photos. The other side a video demonstration on the subject matter. There needs to be 2 controllers. The 1st would allow the viewer to advance to the previous or next slide. The second controller would allow the viewer to pause, start, stop rewind the video in the second screen. Additionally, there needs to be a "quiz" at the end of each section. The viewer would be asked several questions. Depending on their response, they would advance to the next section or be taken back to a previous section where the correct response is located.
    I think I can do it in FCP & DVDSP. Does anyone have any recommendations or better software suggestions.
    Oh yeah, I need to release the final product for use on windows machines.
    Thank you
    G5   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

    You mentioned DVD is your goal, so your options are extremely limited.
    DVDSP or Spruce (which is Windows only and recently aquired by Apple) are really your only choices sub $10k as far as I know.
    DVDSP could handle the project, but it would require very good planning and mastery of the scripting environment. You can't save files from DVD, or print pages, or have any serious interactivity beyond navigation scripts. Remember, DVDSP produces DVD's and only DVD's so make sure this is your only delivery medium before moving forward.
    Personally, I think this is the kind of thing best suited for an authoring program which is most likely a CD-ROM or Web-based delivery platform. You might see if the DVD thing is set in stone, or if other platforms would be OK.
    Macromedia Director is my favorite authoring program. It produces Mac and Windows executable files, not DVD's. Users will have to install Quicktime for Director to display video clips. It's a very powerful program which I use for all of my CD-ROM authoring. I've authored 20+ major CDROM titles including some very nice educational games with this software. It's sort of a container application that holds and displays your content which is often created elsewhere. For instance, I make video clips and fancy transitions in FCP or Motion and place them into the Director Timeline as media assets. Director "directs' the footage and makes everything interactive. I also design the interfaces and graphics in Photoshop, then place them and make them interactive or animated in Director, hence it's designation as the "container". Director 2004 has a very advanced way of communicating with DVD projects and "directing" the DVD footage in ways that DVDSP can't, but I can't recommend this to a novice. It's very advanced workflow.
    Macromedia Flash is a more common program, and the latest version has a very nice Video codec so your user will not need to have QuickTime. It makes swf files for the web as well as Mac and Windows Projectors that run off CDROM. In my opinion, Flash is not quite as robust as Director for video and large project management, but that's mostly my own bias. Many people have been able to get amazing work out of Flash.
    Macromedia Authorware is another platform similar to Director. I have no experience with this and don't recommend it to a novice.
    LiveStage Pro is an older program that uses QuickTime's Authoring language so it's files are actually QuickTime Movs with basic interactivity. It's nice, but the user base is very small and you might have trouble even finding the software.
    You could also build the project using Web pages with QuickTime content embeded in a table next to your active text and links. Just load a new page with each section. I use Adobe GoLive to make HTML and recommend it for it's superior workflow with Adobe Applications.
    If you don't get a lot more of replies to this topic, you might try the DVDSP forum. Hope this helps.

  • Setting PAL/NTSC format with OneStep in iDVD 5

    I'm trying to create a DVD from some MiniDV tapes I've recorded, but I need to make sure it's recorded in PAL format as it's being sent overseas. I'm using the OneStep option in iDVD, but the only place I could find to set PAL/NTSC is in the preferences, which is only available when you're using a project. I created a dummy project and set it to PAL, then quit iDVD, restarted and went to the OneStep option to burn the DVD. The problem is I think it still recorded in the NTSC format because the DVD played fine on my home DVD player on my tv, which is NTSC. I checked the settings again on iDVD, and it still says PAL, but I'm not convinced it actually recorded with OneStep in PAL since it plays fine on my home system. Can anyone tell me the definitive answer to recording in PAL/NTSC using the OneStep option in iDVD? Thanks in advance.

    I used OneStep once... Don't like it. So I'm not much help there, but...
    I just returned from an Italian-based cruise ship and bought their DVD of the cruise. I became acquainted with the videographer since he was on a few excursions we took. When I bought the DVD, he was there and I asked about whether I needed NTSC for back home. He said: "It doesn't matter with DVDs." Apparently, he was right because I went back to my cabin and played it in my PowerBook without any trouble. Same here in the USA.
    So maybe it doesn't matter, but I can't tell you that with 100% assurance.

  • DVD ROM query for embedding Powerpoint

    Hi, I am receiving conflicting advice on a job I have to output on Tuesday for a client. I have a 20 min NTSC video thats complete.
    The client has stated that they now need to have 2 powerpoint presentations, some pdfs and some jpgs added to the DVD.
    My local applestore advised me that I will have to use the DVDROM function in SP and that is the only way that the viewers can use the powerpoint presentation as intended (i.e not just as a slide show, but with foward and back facility etc). They say that the video and the other windows files will show up as a folder on the disk and the Video file will play in all DVD players, but the windows files won't. They also say that I cannot put the items on the DVD menu for access that way?
    My DVD replication house, have said that the video file, if put on DVDROM will play in Pc's and Macs but will NOT play in DVD players as they don't recognise the files as playable?
    They added that there is a player you can use that will embed a windows powerpoint file and that the PP presention opens up in a viewer that plays and allows full functionality of the presention buttons.
    Can anyone tell me the best way to go about this in the short timescales I have.
    I don't mind telling the client that the disk will only be viewable in PCs and not DVD players if I have to, but am still wondering, what happens then if someone puts the disk in a mac? how will the Powerpoint presentaion work, or wont it. The disk run is 750 so I can't risk having the glass master etc and disks produced, only to find major playing difficulties.
    Would really appreciate advice from anyone who has done this kind of thing.
    Thanks
    Stuart
    Message was edited by: mr bluefin

    mr bluefin wrote:
    Hi, I am receiving conflicting advice on a job I have to output on Tuesday for a client. I have a 20 min NTSC video thats complete.
    The client has stated that they now need to have 2 powerpoint presentations, some pdfs and some jpgs added to the DVD.
    My local applestore advised me that I will have to use the DVDROM function in SP and that is the only way that the viewers can use the powerpoint presentation as intended (i.e not just as a slide show, but with foward and back facility etc).
    Any items in the DVD ROM files should be thought of generally as being data files that can be accessed as need by the appropriate program. In other words if there is a Photoshop File (not JPEG, TIF but actual PSD file) and the user does not have Photoshop or other application on the Computer which opens PSD files, then the user cannot use the PSD file. If it is a PowrerPoint project and the user does not have PowerPoint and you have not made a Projector (think that is the term, the self contained playback thing even if a user does not have PowerPoint) then they will not be able to use the file. Anything in the PowerPoint file is subject to how your create it in PowerPoint.
    They say that the video and the other windows files will show up as a folder on the disk and the Video file will play in all DVD players, but the windows files won't. They also say that I cannot put the items on the DVD menu for access that way?
    Some players can play back various formats, MPs, AVIs and the rest, but that is not playing back a DVD. The DVD is a different thing. As to the Windows files, not sure what you are saying there, but if they are files that only a Windows machine (as oppossed to a Mac) can read then a Windows machine would be needed.
    You can use things like @ccess (you can search for the threads on that one), but in a nutshell, not very reliable and it is often easier to just have a menu telling people to look at the folder on the DVD for extra items. Nothing in the DVD-ROM folder will be playable on a DVD Player, you will need a computer.
    My DVD replication house, have said that the video file, if put on DVDROM will play in Pc's and Macs but will NOT play in DVD players as they don't recognise the files as playable?
    RIght. You need to seperate two concepts. One is a DVD you rent from Blockbuster, which is the thing that you pop into a player hooked up to your TV and start playing and the second is extra material on the DVD (DVD-ROM content) which require a computer.
    They added that there is a player you can use that will embed a windows powerpoint file and that the PP presention opens up in a viewer that plays and allows full functionality of the presention buttons.
    Sounds like they are talking about the Projector type thing or did they say running it from within a DVD Player?
    Can anyone tell me the best way to go about this in the short timescales I have.
    What you are trying to do is unclear, I think in part because of the issues between a DVD and then including extra content.
    I don't mind telling the client that the disk will only be viewable in PCs and not DVD players if I have to, but am still wondering, what happens then if someone puts the disk in a mac? how will the Powerpoint presentaion work, or wont it. The disk run is 750 so I can't risk having the glass master etc and disks produced, only to find major playing difficulties.
    See above regarding the PowerPoint Projector concept. It should run on a Mac subject to the same issues described above (software maybe needed to open files, etc.) Alos cheeck with your replicator, there is usually a break on mastering charges at certain levels - often 1,000 units. May be about the same price.

  • More on PAL-NTSC

    I have been tring to convert PAL-DV to NTSC for some time now from Media 100 8.2.2 through both Compressor & JES.
    I have searched most of the posts here in Compressor/DVDSP & Creative Cow.
    My problem is that if I export from Media 100 as by-ref file or self contained (which I think are more or less the same). When I drop the file into Compressor, select Advanced Format Conversion DV NTSC, Change the setting under the frame Control tab:-
    Frame Controls:Custom
    Resize Filter:Better(Liner Filter)
    Output Fields:Bottom First
    Deinterlace:Better Motion Adaptive
    Adaptive Details:Checked
    Rate Conversion:Better(Motion Compensated)
    I see the file in the batch window then after about 3 or 4 minutes it fails.
    In the drop down under failed it says:-
    FAILED Codec Not Found.
    The only way I can get it to work in Compressor is to export to Other as a QuickTime movie which takes for ever to export.
    A 5 minute movie droped into Compressor takes about 12 hours
    Is there something I am doing wrong & is there a quicker way?
    I have not tried it with FCP yet as I am tring to crack this one first so any help would be greatfull.
    I will be exporting to NTSC tape via my Sony DSR-11 and DVD through DVDSP.
    Also I am tring to get a NTSC only DVD player & NTSC only
    monitor to test my projects with so if any body knows of any resellers in the USA that will export to the UK please can you let me have some details or web site.
    I will be back on line hopefully tomorrow night to check any replies.
    thanks.
    Wiggy.
    G4 933 MHz 1GB RAM   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

    Hey Wiggy,
    without knowing what type of flavor of media 100 you have, i will go out on a limb and say the SD version.
    anyway, looking at your settings, you are creating a very complex conversion. i can understand if the media 100 ref file fails in compressor (not supported by default) and would recommend a QT export of said file.
    another thing concerning the time it takes to encode a QT file: remember, you are creating a complex conversion on a laptop that has a internal IDE connection that has to handle the complex algorithm and all the system and software process. if this is what you are limited to then, hey, at least it converts it (albeit rather slow). IF there is a slight chance that you would have an external hard drive solution, then dump your original file there and do all the conversions from there (it will make things go a little faster).
    as far as a NTSC DVD player and TV. the dvd player is easy, just purchase a multi-format dvd player, philips seems to make good ones ( i have 2 multi-format players personally) and the TV, try ebay
    if anything, you might notice some strobing effects on an NTSC monitor, especially on whites, since the frequency is different (60 hertz v 50 hertz). i get that over here with all my PAL video! remember, this will only be visible on the CRT monitor and will NOT be visible on a computer monitor..
    Mikey M.

  • IDVD - PAL - NTSC - REGIONS; All messed up?

    So I finished a project on iDVD, and the "clients" are from many different countries... The original project was worked as PAL. In the end, in iDVD I changed the setting to NTSC in order to write 3 disks. 1 for a client in Canada, and 2 for the U.S.
    With the Canadian, there were no issues (at least the client didn't mention anything, only that the DVDs were great).
    The one American, told me she had to change regions to her laptop DVD in order to watch it, but other than that it was ok.
    The other American, could not watch the DVDs on her old windows xp laptop, also not on her DVD player on her Tv. She also went to a store to ask for help and the technician told her he could see the contents of the disk, but not play them; probably because they were not NTSC (!!!!). Finally she watched the DVDs by using VLC on her laptop (no region change here...)
    What is going on? The same disks, 3 totally different behaviours...
    Can anyone guess what went wrong?
    I would really like to fix those problems...
    Thank you!

    Hi
    Region - Should not be any problem - as iDVD only can make Region = Zero (0)
    This means - Plays in any economical region (Has Nothing to do With TV-Standard at all)
    TV-standard are as:
    • NTSC (29.97fps) 520 lines - about 640x480 pixels (square) 720x480 rectangular (narrow) pixels
    • PAL  (25 fps)   625   lines - about 768x576 pixels (square) 720x576 rectangular (narrow) pixels
    And Playback on Computer - should be able to use both - VLC usually works better than QuickTime in these cases. BUT here I noticed that PC/Macs are picky on Quality
    • Burn speed I set down to x2 (or x4)
    • I only use Verbatim DVDs - NO Memorex or NoName or other cheap brands - Yes it matters
    • I use DVD-R as they play on more and even older DVD-players
    My notes on this subject.
    PAL to NTSC or NTSC to PAL
    A. Copying commercial DVDs - No Not possibly at all - Not even legal to discuss. 
    B. Home made DVDs (DVDs without copy protection)
    C. Movies from iMovie or FinalCut
    • Save as full quality QuickTime .mov and convert this with JES_Deinterlacer  (free on internet)
    NTSC ---> PAL.
    • Most often not necessary - Most stand alone PAL DVD-players playback NTSC
    (if TV is old in BL/W)
    PAL ---> NTSC.
    • If played on Mac - not necessary AT ALL
    • If on NTSC DVD-player - CONVERSION IS NEEDED - nearly no Stand alone NTSC-DVD-players
    playback PAL at all.
    To do this You need to convert the PAL DVD to streaming.DV or full quality QuickTime .mov
    • I use Roxio Toast™ to do this (There are no free converter)
    • JES_Deinterlacer  (free on internet) to convert to NTSC
    • Set up an NTSC project (29.97fps or 30) in iDVD and import then burn
    I burn to
    • Verbatim DVD-R
    • Set down burn speed in iDVD to x1 or x4 recommended by many
    • Secure a minimum of 25Gb free space on internal boot hard disk before burning (IMPORTANT)
    PAL is 25 fps and an analog TV standard of 625 lines
    NTSC is 29.97 fps and 520 lines
    NTSC (29.97fps) 520 lines - about 640x480 pixels (square) 720x480 rectangular (narrow) pixels
    PAL  (25 fps)   625   lines - about 768x576 pixels (square) 720x576 rectangular (narrow) pixels
    to use a photo 702x480 resp 576 then add 9 pixels on each side to add together as 720
    If iDVD hangs on PAL or NTSC.
    Bengt W wrote
    Deleting iDVD pref. file - should return You into NTSC mode.
    Yes iDVD can switch to PAL - BUT as You see with a rather lousy result.
    a. Need to convert to PAL - most often not - Most PAL-player can playback NTSC
    and on a fairly new TV in color. (old TV in Bl/W)
    (Other way around - from PAL to NTSC most often a must - few NTSC-player can use PAL)
    b. IF MUST - then use JES_Deinterlacer to do this conversion - so much better and free.
    My list on this (or rather PAL --> NTSC - just think the other way around)
    I have to send it overseas
    That too can be a problem. As USA = NTSC = 29.97fps and EU = PAL = 25fps.
    DO Not let iMovie or iDVD do this conversion from one to the other - Result will be Very
    BAD
    I save the movie as a full quality QuickTime .mov file then I use JES_Deinterlacer to do the conversion - then I cont. in iMovie or iDVD with project set accordingly.
    JES_Deinterlacer is free on Internet and there are Pro applications but not that much better and costs are astronomical.
    PAL-DVDs - don't play in US
    NTSC-DVDs - usually plays well in EU
    All plays well on a Mac - What ever.
    Allosaurus writes
    Thank you SDMacuser. I dumped all the plist icons with no result, and was getting pretty plist off when it occurred to me to delete all the previous dvd.proj files. Bingo. That did the trick. So thank you for all your help and the additional information you provided.
    Yours Bengt W

Maybe you are looking for