PAL & NTSC on same disk

Videot wrote on 9/30/2004, 5:37 PM

If I produce my DVD file in PAL format is it possible to include on the same DVD a copy of the same project as NTSC as well just in case the person receiving the DVD can't play PAL?

I suppose I could also ask it it's possible to just put other files on the same DVD disk like WMV or MPEG4?

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Spot|DSE wrote on 9/30/2004, 5:39 PM

No.
What you can do, is master for a DVD 10, which can have PAL on one side and NTSC on the other.
You could also include as FILES the PAL files, but they couldn't be accessible from the DVD player. They'd be treated like files that would be clicked on in Explorer and could be played in Media Player or something.
You can't mix formats on one side of a DVD though

BJ_M wrote on 9/30/2004, 7:28 PM

yes it can be done ...
-- well i can do it anyway and have done some for some people that really want it, but i charge real good for it :) ...

but i dont suggest it, as it is not dvd compliant ..

Spot|DSE wrote on 9/30/2004, 7:36 PM

Alright, if you want to be totally accurate, sure, it can be done. But his friends whereever they are in all likelihood won't be able to play it if there is PAL and NTSC on the disc since it doesn't meet spec.
Geez....

BJ_M wrote on 9/30/2004, 8:20 PM

i just felt like a devils advocate is all :)

yes - as i mentioned -- not recommended --

neither is the slowly growing trend to use long gops and other "non compliant" settings to try to squeeze additional material on a disk ... just asking for problems.

another one is using freeware ac3 encoders - for one its not lic. by Dolby (and they deserve their due) and secondly i can assure you the stream is not 100% DD compliant (at least last time i checked one) ..

PeterWright wrote on 9/30/2004, 8:53 PM

The easiest way I've found round this is ....

Finish the PAL project, then Save As a new project, including the letters NTSC in the filename so you know what's what ...

The new project - change project properties to NTSC, create a new folder for NTSC distribution and let DVDA create and burn a whole new version for NTSC users. Go to bed and forget it till morning ....

I've already done this with one project, and a U.S. distributor said it looked great.

farss wrote on 10/1/2004, 1:33 AM

Seeing as how just about everything PAL will play NTSC but not the other way around you could just make NTSC DVDs.
You could also use dual cases with 2 DVDs labelled accordingly.