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Steve Grisetti wrote on 1/27/2005, 2:04 PM
Well, changing could be a challenge, since they are both very different formats.

On the other hand, I've read that most European DVD players are quite capable of playing NTSC as well as PAL DVDs. If this is true, all you need to do is a DVD exact copy with the DVD burner software that came with your computer. (You definitely don't want to capture the DVD to MovieStudio and then process it as a new DVD -- the results will probably be less than satisfactory.)
IanG wrote on 1/27/2005, 2:42 PM
grisetti's right about European DVD players, but the TV has to support NTSC too. There's a good chance that you'll be OK there too, but no guarantees!

Ian G.
Sarasdad wrote on 1/27/2005, 7:08 PM
What about the vhs video ?I would like to make it into pal format.
IanG wrote on 1/28/2005, 12:49 AM
Tricky! I looked at having this done professionaly in the UK and it worked out at around $2 / minute!! The only other option I can think of is to capture the video output via a converter (maybe a camera) and treat it as original footage.

Ian G.
ADinelt wrote on 1/28/2005, 4:49 AM
This is going to sound like a really stupid question, but can't you just re-render an NTSC video into PAL format?

I recently purchased a video magazine that had some Quick Time movies in PAL format, brought them into MS 4, then re-rendered it to NTSC .mpeg2 format and it appeared to look okay, at least on my computer monitor. I haven't tried it on a TV yet.

Al
Chienworks wrote on 1/28/2005, 5:35 AM
Vegas does about as good a job of NTSC/PAL conversion as it is possible to get. If you still have the original .avi files then you can simply render to a new PAL MPEG-2 file and burn a PAL DVD.

If you only have the finished NTSC DVD then i would suggest sending a copy of that as it will probably look better than converting the finished output to PAL. If you want to be safe, send both NTSC and PAL discs.