1. This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Learn More.

GUIDE: CONVERT PAL TO NTSC

Discussion in 'User submitted guides' started by DVDBack23, Aug 11, 2005.

Page 1 of 5
  1. DVDBack23

    DVDBack23 Administrator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jun 19, 2005
    Messages:
    2,443
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    68
    Use vso DIvx to DVD converter
    http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_encoders/vso_divxtodvd_free.cfm

    Open up DivxToDVD. Under input,input your PAL avi, wmv, mpeg, OR .VOB (thank you Dallison) file and then change the aspect and standard (circled in red) to [bold]force 16:9 and force 29.97[/bold]

    Works 100% of the time with high quality disks. Has played on the dvd players i have tried it on with no visual problems, including the PS2.

    [​IMG]

     
    Last edited: Sep 25, 2005
    DVDBack23, Aug 11, 2005
    #1
  2. dallison

    dallison Member

    Joined:
    Aug 28, 2005
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    This worked great! I just used this process to successfully converted an old movie in PAL DVD format to NTSC. It was simple 2-step process to convert the movie using DivxToDVD to convert it to my Harddrive and Nero to burn it to a DVD-R. Having never done this before, I appreciated the simplicity - Thanks.
     
    dallison, Aug 28, 2005
    #2
  3. dallison

    dallison Member

    Joined:
    Aug 28, 2005
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    I forgot to mention that I just pointed DivxToDVD to the first *.VOB file and the software converted everything (*.VOB, *.IFO, *.BUP) to the target folder on my PC.
     
    dallison, Aug 28, 2005
    #3
  4. DVDBack23

    DVDBack23 Administrator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jun 19, 2005
    Messages:
    2,443
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    68
    Excellent! Glad to help, i love this simple process as well.
     
    DVDBack23, Aug 28, 2005
    #4
  5. huskylord

    huskylord Member

    Joined:
    Aug 30, 2005
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    I'm just a little confused...am I right to assume this guide starts with the file format being DivX? ...and then you convert into NTSC?
    If you are starting with a TS folder with all the .vob files that are in PAL, would you need to convert first to .avi and then back to NTSC?.


    sorry if I'm making this harder than it should be

    cheers.
     
    huskylord, Sep 1, 2005
    #5
  6. DVDBack23

    DVDBack23 Administrator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jun 19, 2005
    Messages:
    2,443
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    68
    Yes, this guide assumes you are starting with an avi, wmv, mpeg, etc and then trying to get an NTSC video-files. I have never tried running VOB files through and please try it out see if it works, i think it probably would.
     
    DVDBack23, Sep 1, 2005
    #6
  7. dallison

    dallison Member

    Joined:
    Aug 28, 2005
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    I did not have a *.AVI file. This process worked converting *.VOB files from PAL to NTSC for me (see comments above).
     
    dallison, Sep 2, 2005
    #7
  8. JJLodge

    JJLodge Member

    Joined:
    Nov 15, 2004
    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    will this work NTSC to PAL ??

    JJ
     
    JJLodge, Sep 2, 2005
    #8
  9. dallison

    dallison Member

    Joined:
    Aug 28, 2005
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    > will this work NTSC to PAL ??

    I have not tried it, but the software has options to convert either direction.
     
    dallison, Sep 3, 2005
    #9
  10. DVDBack23

    DVDBack23 Administrator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jun 19, 2005
    Messages:
    2,443
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    68
    Just press "force PAl 25" if you want NTSC-Pal conversion. THank you for the comments Dallison, i can now tell people that VOB work perfect as well.
     
    DVDBack23, Sep 3, 2005
    #10
  11. moonrocks

    moonrocks Regular member

    Joined:
    Jul 30, 2005
    Messages:
    378
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    I've tried 2 PAL DVD's so far. As the Source File I select the first VOB of the main movie. For Aspect I have "Force 16:9", and for Standard I have "Force NTSC 29.97 Fps".

    This results in VOB files which have been converted to NTSC but I'm not getting the IFO and BUF files as some people seem to be getting. This means I'm not getting sub-titles either.

    For those of you who are getting everything (*.VOB, *.IFO, *.BUP), how are you doing it?
     
    moonrocks, Sep 5, 2005
    #11
  12. seanmcgu

    seanmcgu Member

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2005
    Messages:
    13
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    DVDBack23,

    Thanks for your great walkthrough but I've got one problem. After converting, the audio is fine but the video skips slightly every second or so. Any way to even this out?

    Here is what Video Inspector reports for the AVI file before converting:

    [​IMG]

    And do you know if "DivX to DVD Converter" converts XviD? That's what my AVI is. (Maybe that's my problem?)

    ......Sean
     
    Last edited: Sep 7, 2005
    seanmcgu, Sep 7, 2005
    #12
  13. DVDBack23

    DVDBack23 Administrator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jun 19, 2005
    Messages:
    2,443
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    68
    It does convert Xvid so that shouldnt be a problem. The playback is jerky on your computer or your standalone DVD player?
     
    DVDBack23, Sep 7, 2005
    #13
  14. seanmcgu

    seanmcgu Member

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2005
    Messages:
    13
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    Sorry...on my computer. All other videos play normally and the AVI I'm trying to convert plays normally before conversion.
     
    seanmcgu, Sep 7, 2005
    #14
  15. DVDBack23

    DVDBack23 Administrator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jun 19, 2005
    Messages:
    2,443
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    68
    seanmcgu,

    Im at somewhat of loss for your dilemna as i have never encountered jerky picture on a dvd i made using VSO. I have done the same movie and had no problems, (perhaps different avis) but all i can say for now, is reinstall your xvid codecs, use the FREEWARE version of VSO if you arent already, and then try using divxtodvd again, without changing the aspect ratio only the Standard to "Force NTSC 29.97".

    Hope this helps, if not i will try my best to help you furthur.
     
    Last edited: Sep 7, 2005
    DVDBack23, Sep 7, 2005
    #15
  16. seanmcgu

    seanmcgu Member

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2005
    Messages:
    13
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    Thanks. Will give it a try and let you know.
     
    seanmcgu, Sep 7, 2005
    #16
  17. seanmcgu

    seanmcgu Member

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2005
    Messages:
    13
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    DVDBack23,

    Well, not too sure what to do now. I did as you suggested and loaded XviD codec v1.0.3 for Windows from http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/. I left the settings all on default for both the Configure Decoder and Configure Encoder settings:

    http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4707/temp19go.png
    http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/8606/temp27zh.png

    I then left the Aspect ratio on Automatic and forced the Standard to 29.97 but with the same, jerky results. Audio is fine, though.

    Don't know if I have the FREEWARE version of divxtodvd; I didn't pay for the one I have, just downloaded it. It's version 0.5.2.99.

    Thanks again for your help but don't worry if you can't think of anything else.
     
    seanmcgu, Sep 8, 2005
    #17
  18. Mary13

    Mary13 Guest

    Just wondering ...with this program...how long does it usually take for this process.
    Mine says like 4 hrs ...is that normal?
     
    Mary13, Sep 8, 2005
    #18
  19. DVDBack23

    DVDBack23 Administrator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jun 19, 2005
    Messages:
    2,443
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    68
    Mary13,

    On my slow 2.8 intel p4 processor it takes 1 hour 10 minutes for a 2 hour movie.

    Seanmcgu,

    OK, one last thing and then im out of ideas. Try forcing whatever aspect you havent already, 4:3, 16:9. If that doesnt work im sorry I couldnt have been of more help, but i have never had this problem. :(

    Edit: Have you tried playing the .vobs before burning to disk to see if they are jerky?
     
    Last edited: Sep 8, 2005
    DVDBack23, Sep 8, 2005
    #19
  20. bmanhas

    bmanhas Member

    Joined:
    May 29, 2003
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    when you say first vob file, how do i know which one is the first one, or do you mean just point to any of them and it will do it.

    also, there's a whole bunch of other files other than vob inside a video_ts folder, is it possible to see a step by step.

    sorry but i'm a newbie to this conversion thing
     
    Last edited: Sep 10, 2005
    bmanhas, Sep 10, 2005
    #20
Page 1 of 5

Share This Page