PAL Video on a Powerbook G4 (USA)

Can I import and play PAL video on my powerbook? I have iMovie & iDVD. My Processor : 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 / Memory : 1.25 GB DDR SDRAM I live in the US and want to be able to same them do I can watch them on my TV.
Thanks
Robert

keshishian wrote:
Can I import and play PAL video on my powerbook? I have iMovie & iDVD... I live in the US and want to be able to same them do I can watch them on my TV.
iDVD is no player, but a 'maker' for DVDs.
the DVDplayer.app plays both standards, NTSC and PAL..
you can switch the video standard as often as you like
but...
aside video standards, there's - for commercial DVDs - another thing, called RegionCode, which is another kind of DRM..
your drive (RC is a hradware thing) allows only 5 times to switch the RC..
iM and iDVD supports both standards for editing and producing DVDs.
to import a non-copy protected, non-commercial DVD into any app, it needs a conversion process. use the boards Search feature to find answers to this very popular request..
for 'ripping' commercial DVDs, you will not find any answers here, this topic would violate the ToU of thi sboard …

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