Does the software work to convert NTSC to PAL for DVD?

Question

Hi,

i am just about to more into the world of camcorders and recording my own DVD's. The reason for my question is my parents live in the UK where DVD's are on a different region let alone the TV's run on the PAL format instead of NTSC.

Has anyone use any of these conversion software? I know at minimum I could transfer it over the internet but thats my last resort.

Anyone got any opinions on it.?

Answer 1

converting to PAL from a miniDV source should work ok. however converting an NTSC recorded DVD to PAL DVD will have poor results. That is because DVD is MPEG2 compressed so that 80% of the frames are interpolated. The process of getting 30 fps to 25 fps requires more interpolation. One interpolation step works fine. Two interpolation steps gives poor results.

Answer 2

You may try aimersoft dvd ripper, it can help you convert NTSC dvd to PAL video, then you can re-burn it to DVD and send it to your parents.

http://www.freedvdripper.net/software/ai...

If you have any other questions, feel free to contact me.