Pal to NTSC for the USA

Do I have a Pal video on Dvd change into NTSC VIDEO for DVD to be presented in the US or is it done by the DVD itself?
thanks for help on this one .
cheers WOlfgang

Oh dear! . . . All this conflicting advice!
Wolfgang, I can't agree with piero - I used JES Deinterlacer, and the quality's not good - especially if you have any action scenes.
I’ve found the best overall PAL to NTSC Standards Conversion comes from Hanumang’s Compressor method:
First, change your Easy Setup to DV PAL, then open a new sequence. This will make certain your Timeline is correct for PAL.
Before you Capture, be sure your Capture Settings (in Log and Capture) are:
Device Control: FireWire PAL
Capture/Input: DV PAL 48 kHz
"Load your DV PAL movie into Compressor 2, then choose
Advanced Format Conversions > DV NTSC from the settings.
Then, under the Frame Controls tab, alter your settings to:
Frame Controls: Custom
Resize Filter: Better (Linear Filter)
Output Fields: Bottom First
Deinterlace: Better Motion Adaptive
Adaptive Details: checked
Rate Conversion: Better (Motion Compensated)"
Results are stunning and once set up, it’s dead simple to use again because the settings are saved in Compressor.
The only downside is that it’s slower to process than other methods – but I find the results are better and I can use the Mac for other work whilst compressor’s working in the background.
A quicker (but I find, more fiddly) method is Graeme Nattress’ Standards Conversion:
http://www.nattress.com.
This method gives outstanding results too.
Andy
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