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  NTSC to PAL for DVD (In Kona 2?)

  Posted by Scott Shucher on October 7, 2005 at 7:57 pm

  I have to deliver a DVD to England so it can be viewed in PAL.
  The original format out of the Kona2 will be NTSC DV, making an
  MPEG 2 in either Compressor or Bit Vice, then burn with DVDSP4.

  Is their a difference between a NTSC & PAL Mpeg2 file?

  I haven’t had to work with PAL before. Can someone help me understand the process?

  Mitchji replied 20 years, 7 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  Itamar Kool

  October 9, 2005 at 7:54 am

  Yes there is a difference between MPEG 2 NTSC and MPEG 2 PAL. I think that in DVD SP 4 you can convert from NTSC to PAL. Haven’t tried that though.

  Kool En De Anderen
  dual 1.8 gig G5/Mac OS 10.3.9/Kona 2/Hugh 800 G diskarray, fibrechannel/FCP 5.02/AE 6.5 Pro
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  Clay Walker

  October 10, 2005 at 1:47 pm

  You can try using this FCP plug in:

  https://www.nattress.com/standardsConversion.htm

  I have used it in the past for converting to PAL.
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  Mitchji

  October 11, 2005 at 5:13 pm

  Hi Scott,

  Are you sure you need a PAL DVD? All PAL DVD players will play an NTSC DVD. They output a signal with the PAL color space and NTSC resolution and frame rate. Most TV’s produced since about mid 1990 can display that signal.

  Best Wishes,

  Mitch
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  Scott Shucher

  October 11, 2005 at 10:18 pm

  No, I did not know that. That’s why these forums are so great! As are the people who post & reply on them
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  Mitchji

  October 12, 2005 at 6:22 pm

  [MitchJi] “Most TV’s produced since about mid 1990 can display that signal.”

  Hi,

  Should have said most PAL TV’s.

  Best Wishes,

  Mitch

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