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JeffinMS
Daughter just sent a video of her vacation from Germany but its in PAL
format, is there any software that will convert a PAL DVD to NTSC standard?
format, is there any software that will convert a PAL DVD to NTSC standard?
Daughter just sent a video of her vacation from Germany but its in PAL
format, is there any software that will convert a PAL DVD to NTSC standard?
It's also worth having a look at the "settings / installation" menu ofAl said:If you can't find any let me know. I have a writer that can convert
from either to the other. (I wouldn't call the conversion, using any
method, really great video, but it's about as good as home video
usually is.)
Phil said:It's also worth having a look at the "settings / installation" menu of
your DVD player. I'm in Britain, but has an option to display
NTSC-format DVD's and I suspect that the same goes for US machines as
regards PAL DVDs.
I believe that virtually all players are manufactured to handle boith
standards - otherwise they have to have two production lines - one for
US / Japan etc (NTSC) and another for Europe (PAL). Gos knows how they
cope with the unique French SECAM system which isn't compatible with
either !
Phil
John said:Phil,
Worth noting that with most DVD players (and burners too), theres a
limit to the number of times you can change formats. IIRC, generally
after five changes it stays where you put it.
JeffinMS said:Daughter just sent a video of her vacation from Germany but its in PAL
format, is there any software that will convert a PAL DVD to NTSC standard?
It's also worth having a look at the "settings / installation" menu of
your DVD player. I'm in Britain, but has an option to display
NTSC-format DVD's and I suspect that the same goes for US machines as
regards PAL DVDs.
Worth noting that with most DVD players (and burners too), theres a
limit to the number of times you can change formats. IIRC, generally
after five changes it stays where you put it.
Al Klein said:Region code, John, not format. Changing the region code doesn't
change the format.
burris said:I wonder if the number of changes refers to the regions rather than the
format.
Eugene Esterly III said:Well, the videohelp.com page at
http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool...erby=Name&hits=50&convert=&dvdauthorfeatures=
lists all the tools with can convert PAL to NTSC & vice versa. Most of
the tools on the above page are freeware/open source but there are a
few commerical tools on the above page but Videohelp lists wether the
tools are freeware/open software (they use Free software for open
source apps).
John Corliss said:Correct me if I'm wrong,
but I always thought they were the same thing.
Andy Mabbett said:What, again?
You're wrong. Again.
burris wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I always thought they were the same thing.
Aof course region coding can got past using AnyDVD (o-k I know it's not
freeware but there is freeware version which I can't bring to mind at the
moment but I'm sure knowlegeable poster will know it on here)
Many DVD recorders are capable of being set to any region (or no region
at all). Lite-on LVW 5025 and 5045 certainly are (but you won't find it
in the manual). I've set both my 5045s to region-free). You can also set
the 'TV Type' to PAL or NTSC (that IS in the manual). I presume that the
models available in the USA are the same as in the UK.
Al said:Region code is a marketing thing - if you have a Region 1 player, you
can't play Region 2 DVDs on it, unless your player allows you to
change the Region code. That has nothing to do with whether the DVD
was done in NTSC, SECAM or any other format.
raincoater said:Hello, John Corliss !
I wonder, do you mean Region codes?
If so, I believe this is different than PAL NTSC etc.
Yours, Raincoater
Al said:Region code is a marketing thing - if you have a Region 1 player, you
can't play Region 2 DVDs on it, unless your player allows you to
change the Region code. That has nothing to do with whether the DVD
was done in NTSC, SECAM or any other format.
I think you can see why I'm confused here. However, this page seems to
explain things nicely:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code
So... region 0 is what to look for, or some kind of freeware that
changes a computer's DVD player or burner to region 0.
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