PAL to NTSC Conversaion Software?

[John Corliss]

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?

I found this discussion on the videohelp.com site that might be of
interest to you (ignore the first part about Nero, start where it says
"I need make that conversion only with freeware"):

http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=304449

 

[John Corliss]

That means all regions, John, not all formats. As I explained to a
judge in a software case, you can use VHS or Beta to record English or
French - one has nothing to do with the other. (It was a long time
ago - people still had an idea of what "Beta" meant.)

Al, I understand that region 0 is all regions. However, you're right. I
forgot that the OP is a request for conversion of formats (how could I
do this when the subject line clearly states the request?)

I found a discussion that might be of interest to the OP and posted it
in another reply.

 

[Al Klein]

But even if your DVD player allows you to change region code, if your
player doesn't support PAL, then you won't be able to play PAL DVD's.
This problem isn't too much of a problem on PC because you can rip the
DVD & use tools to convert form PAL to NTSC.

And to bypass region codes.

I have an old Samsung DVDN-501
standalone DVD player, the region code can be changed but since the
player only supports NTSC but doesn't support PAL, it is useless to
change the region code on this player.

Not if you get a region2 (or 3 or whatever) NTSC movie, not that's a
common occurrence.

 

[Al Klein]

I found this discussion on the videohelp.com site that might be of
interest to you (ignore the first part about Nero, start where it says
"I need make that conversion only with freeware"):

http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=304449

Very interesting discussion, but that's why I said that hardware
conversion is easier - PAL copy and NTSC write at once. It's no more
difficult than copying a floppy if you have 2 drives.

 

[raincoater]

Hello, John Corliss !

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.

I wonder, do you mean Region codes?
If so, I believe this is different than PAL NTSC etc.
Yours, Raincoater