Is there a free program to convert home video movies on DVD from North American NTSC to UK's PAL?

Thanks,
Rick

First, I assume you're NOT talking about COMMERCIALLY released DVD's?
I'd suggest the best place to start is over at www.videohelp.com and/or
afterdawn.com. Videohelp has some very nice tutorials on all things
related to DVD burning, cloning, backup, etc.

If you're talking about COMMERCIAL DVD's that have copy-protection, etc
[illegal, unless perhaps for "own personal use," "backup," etc.] that's
a job for the freeware combo DVD Decrypter & DVD Shrink. You'll find
more info on both at above sites. Of course, these utils will work on
your "home video movies" as well.

Remember, too, that you not only have to convert NTSC to PAL, but may
have to deal with Region Codes as well if the DVD's are commercial. The
above freeware combo will help you there.

In terms of shareware, you just can't beat the Slysoft combo: AnyDVD &
CloneDVD. www.slysoft.com

After you rip your DVD to your hard disk, there's a very neat trick
that works maybe 90% of the time. It's using a freeware tool, IFOEdit,
which simply helps you edit your IFO files now on your hard disk by
simply inserting PAL codes to replace the NTSC once. It doesn't always
work, so it's a good idea to use rewriteables to try. Again, excellent
tutorial at videohelp.com.

There's a whole slew of freeware tools to do exactly what you want.
Remember, that you'll need lots of hard disk space [a typical DVD has
just under 5 gigs] and it'll be a memory-intensive process to
rip/convert. [Some freeware tools can require as much s four times that
for processing and creating temporary files.

Remember, too, that if all you want is the video on your hard disk and
not necessarily burned to DVD, you can use freeware tools to rip the
DVD to your hard disk and then several other freeware tools to convert
the files to, say, AVI, MPEG, etc. format, which will obviously take up
considerably less hard disk space.

Thanks Kittie. No I am not talking about copy righted DVD's. I have home movies, originally recorded on VHS
that are now on DVD. I want to convert them to PAL so I can send copies to family in England.
Rick

"Kittie Spit" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> First, I assume you're NOT talking about COMMERCIALLY released DVD's?
> I'd suggest the best place to start is over at www.videohelp.com and/or
> afterdawn.com. Videohelp has some very nice tutorials on all things
> related to DVD burning, cloning, backup, etc.
>
> If you're talking about COMMERCIAL DVD's that have copy-protection, etc
> [illegal, unless perhaps for "own personal use," "backup," etc.] that's
> a job for the freeware combo DVD Decrypter & DVD Shrink. You'll find
> more info on both at above sites. Of course, these utils will work on
> your "home video movies" as well.
>
> Remember, too, that you not only have to convert NTSC to PAL, but may
> have to deal with Region Codes as well if the DVD's are commercial. The
> above freeware combo will help you there.
>
> In terms of shareware, you just can't beat the Slysoft combo: AnyDVD &
> CloneDVD. www.slysoft.com
>
> After you rip your DVD to your hard disk, there's a very neat trick
> that works maybe 90% of the time. It's using a freeware tool, IFOEdit,
> which simply helps you edit your IFO files now on your hard disk by
> simply inserting PAL codes to replace the NTSC once. It doesn't always
> work, so it's a good idea to use rewriteables to try. Again, excellent
> tutorial at videohelp.com.
>
> There's a whole slew of freeware tools to do exactly what you want.
> Remember, that you'll need lots of hard disk space [a typical DVD has
> just under 5 gigs] and it'll be a memory-intensive process to
> rip/convert. [Some freeware tools can require as much s four times that
> for processing and creating temporary files.
>
> Remember, too, that if all you want is the video on your hard disk and
> not necessarily burned to DVD, you can use freeware tools to rip the
> DVD to your hard disk and then several other freeware tools to convert
> the files to, say, AVI, MPEG, etc. format, which will obviously take up
> considerably less hard disk space.
>

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 20:02:11 -0400, "Rick"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Thanks Kittie. No I am not talking about copy righted DVD's. I have home movies, originally recorded on VHS
>that are now on DVD. I want to convert them to PAL so I can send copies to family in England.
>Rick

Take this with a grain of salt, but I don't think you have to do
anything to make an NTSC DVD viewable in european players.

--
George Skandalidis
Thessaloniki
Greece

To George Skandalidis: Sorry, not true. This is ONLY the case if your
European DVD player explicitly says that it'll play NTSC along with the
default PAL formats. True, NTSC players have a very big penetration in
European countries, esp UK, but this is decidedly not true of all
European DVD players. You have to check your particular machine's
specs.

The opposite is for the most part true in the US, namely that the
default players are mostly NTSC only; you have search out & purchase a
machine that explicitly says it'll play PAL along with the defauly
NTSC.