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  PAL – Render and Burn DVD – I’ve never done before!

  Posted by Dave Petteruto on February 7, 2015 at 4:13 pm

  Hello Everyone, I need to render video (widescreen) and burn a DVD to send to Germany. So I guess I need to go PAL? If so, do render my AC3 the normal way and then render my video using the “DVD Architect PAL Widescreen video stream”? If correct, should I go with the standard settings? Do I do anything different in DVD Architect (6.0)? Is there any way I can check the final DVD to see that it plays correctly? Anything else I need to know?

  Thanks
  Dave P.

  Intel I7 950, 12GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE, Vegas Pro 12 (32bit/64bit), Windows 7 Pro 64bit, LG WH10LS30 10X Bluray Burner.

  Steve Rhoden replied 11 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  John Rofrano

  February 7, 2015 at 6:31 pm

  [Dave Petteruto] “Do I do anything different in DVD Architect (6.0)?”

  Don’t forget to start by creating a PAL Widescreen project in DVD Architect. Other than that, you are correct that the AC3 is the same and using the “DVD Architect PAL Widescreen video stream” is the correct approach.

  You will run into the issue that PAL Widescreen is wider than NTSC Widescreen so don’t be surprised when you see pillar boxing of your NTSC source. If it bothers you, you can create PAL Widescreen project and nest your NTSC Widescreen project in it and then crop the whole thing to fit but you will loose some video top and bottom. You could also tell it to stretch when you render but I hate stretched video.

  [Dave Petteruto] “Is there any way I can check the final DVD to see that it plays correctly? “

  You should be able to check it on your PC but other than that, there is no way unless you know someone with a PAL player. BTW, most PAL players can play NTSC discs so check with whoever you are giving this to and see if you even need to go through all of this trouble.

  ~jr

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  Steve Rhoden

  February 7, 2015 at 7:56 pm

  Just burn as you regularly do and when your DVD reaches
  Germany it will automatically be converted to the PAL
  format in their devices…lol,lol (I’m just kidding) lol.

  John has answered you how to go about it in the correct process Dave.

  Steve Rhoden (Cow Leader)
  Film Maker & VFX Artist.
  Owner of Filmex Creative Media.
  Samples of my Work and Company can be seen here:
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  Dave Petteruto

  February 8, 2015 at 2:59 pm

  Thanks for the help guys. I like Steve’s answer the best, much easier to implement!

  Thanks
  Dave P.

  Intel I7 950, 12GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE, Vegas Pro 12 (32bit/64bit), Windows 7 Pro 64bit, LG WH10LS30 10X Bluray Burner.
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  Steve Rhoden

  February 14, 2015 at 11:49 am

  lol, lol if only it could be that easy, lol

  Steve Rhoden (Cow Leader)
  Film Maker & VFX Artist.
  Owner of Filmex Creative Media.
  Samples of my Work and Company can be seen here:
  https://www.facebook.com/FilmexCreativeMedia

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