DVD to Aus land

mel58i wrote on 4/24/2005, 3:10 AM

Just a quickie - I'm sending a DVD to Aus.
I've encoded it using PAL dvd settings in Vegas.
Is this compatible with Ausie standards?

Comments

Serena wrote on 4/24/2005, 4:36 AM

yes

newhope wrote on 4/24/2005, 4:38 AM

Australia uses PAL video standard so it should be fine.
Typically 730 x 576 pixels at 25 FPS
Most recent DVD players in Australia are also capable of playing NTSC and converting the output to PAL standard.
Converting to PAL as you have done is the safest method to ensure correct replay.

Steve

Jøran Toresen wrote on 4/24/2005, 5:06 AM

You probably mean 720 x 576 pixels.
Joran

newhope wrote on 4/27/2005, 11:45 PM

Typo... it was what I thought I'd written.... aaaagggghhhh!!!!

Serena wrote on 4/28/2005, 12:16 AM

If it comes to detail, my understanding is that DVD players output whatever format is on the disk and the TV set (or projector) responds appropriately if it has multi-format capabilities. New TVs are both PAL and NTSC capable. One of our older sets won't show a NTSC DVD even though the player is quite happy about them. Not all DVD players are multi-region code capable.

newhope wrote on 4/28/2005, 12:29 AM

Quite true but most DVD burners don't add region information unless you specifiy it in the authoring software.
Hence the burnt DVDs are usually multiregion unless designed to be region specific.

Wolfgang S. wrote on 4/28/2005, 1:09 AM

If you render for PAL, you should use in the mainconcept mpeg-2 the template "DVD Architect PAL video stream" (or widesceen) to generate the correct settings for the DVDA. If you do so, the DVDA will not render the mepg-2 file again.

Audio should be rendered to AC3-Stereo in a separate render step (or 5.1 off course).

The DVDA must be set then to PAL, too.

Or if you use another authoring too, you should apply the template "DVD PAL".

Kr
Wolfgang