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Making NTSC dvd from PAL content
Hi, I’m not sure if this is the exact forum for this but I’m sure some will be able to help here.
We are making a DVD for handout in USA.. we are in UK..so normally do everything PAL.
I have content, that has been made in FCP in PAL and making DVD with DVDSP.
1. Can folks in US read Pal DVD’s or will that just be a headache for people.
2. If I make a NTSC DVD will it adjust my PAL mpeg2s for the content? and will this play back fine.
I’ve tried making NTSC dvds before and they dont appear to be any different, do I have to change the region of my burner first?Any help would be great. I’ll cropp post this DVDSP forum too.
Cheers!
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4 Replies
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PAL compatibility is not as widespread among DVD players and TVs in the USA as NTSC compatibility is in the UK, so you really need to convert your video to NTSC to ensure that everyone can watch it on any DVD player/TV.
You don’t need to change the region code of your burner. It’s irrelevant.
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Hi
I do the same. being UK based and not knowing what the USA viewer will see I spend the time making a proper NTSC DVD.
a) Convert all the movie content to NTSC in FCP, using the Nattress standards convertor (or outside FCP with Compressor or After Effects)
b) Encode the NTSC movie as an NTSC MPEG-2 in Compressor
c) Remake all the DVD SP menu assets at NTSC framesize.
d) Completely reauthor the NTSC DVD in DVD SP.Without proper NTSC monitoring it is difficult to get an accurate assessment of the result – although PAL DVD players output a PAL60 signal off an NTSC DVD, it will most likely be of degraded quality.
A burnt DVD-R will be ‘All Regions’, so that isn’t a factor.
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why use the natress standards convertor?
you can use Compressor to change formats, it takes ages but it is good quality (using Shake algorithms)
probably best going out from uncompressed pal to uncompressed ntsc though
also probably a good idea to put a broadcast safe filter in final cut before reauthoring the disk as your colours spaces are different between pal and ntsc
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Hi Steveo,
In this link you have some ideas:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/960919#961989
Rafael
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