DVD in PAL format for Australia

snicholshms wrote on 8/30/2004, 10:58 PM

I'm based in USA and I gotta do a wedding DVD in the PAL format for a relative in Australia. Do I just render to DVDA-PAL Video stream and the standard AC-3 audio track? Or is there another audio format for PAL?
Also, do I need to deal with DVD region code?

Comments

mbryant wrote on 8/31/2004, 3:31 AM

AC-3 isn't technically required by the PAL standards, but in practice all PAL players I've ever seen support it. PAL standards call for either MPEG layer 2 audio (which DVDA doesn't support) or PCM.

In practice, most PAL players and TVs will handle an NTSC DVD OK, so another option is to just send them the NTSC disc.

Mark

bStro wrote on 8/31/2004, 7:29 AM

Since you're burning the DVD, region codes are not an issue.

Rob

ChristerTX wrote on 9/10/2004, 1:36 PM

I've sent a NTSC DVD to Australia and Sweden and players there have been able to use them. (PAL territories)

Region coding is just for commercial DVD's. Doe not apply for home made DVD's.