PAL project to NTSC for dvd ?? at DVinfo.net

Mat Thompson · May 3rd, 2007, 05:27 AM

Hi people.

Ok I need to change a premiere PAL 16:9 project to NTSC for a dvd to be used in the US.....what do I need to do or can this be done? I'm guessing you can't 'increase' the FPS without changing the speed so can this be done?

Cheers
Mat

Harm Millaard · May 3rd, 2007, 05:30 AM

Use Procoder or Procoder Express for those tasks.

Mat Thompson · May 3rd, 2007, 05:34 AM

Thanks for your very swift response....can you explain what this is? what its going to achieve?

From the help in Premiere It seems you can simply write a NTSC dvd of the PAL project although it advises that all settings are specific.

Therefore what am I going to lose by just writing directly to NTSC from the PAL project??

Ervin Farkas · May 3rd, 2007, 07:14 AM

What you're going to loose is quality. Premiere is known to have a poor mpeg2 transcoding engine even with "straight" projects, let alone changing TV standards. Using a third party mpeg2 encoder will yield considerably higher quality.

Paul Wags · May 3rd, 2007, 09:00 AM

We make NTSC DVD's all the time from a PAL timline.
We use EDIUS and encode the files straight out in one go, just have to make sure you don't use Mpeg2 for sound as NTSC palyers cannot play that format. Use PCM, wav.

Assem the DVD with DVDLAB PRO.

Use Procoder or Procoder Express with Prem if you can.

Trond Saetre · May 3rd, 2007, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mat Thompson

Therefore what am I going to lose by just writing directly to NTSC from the PAL project??

I have done this several times with Premiere Pro 2.0.
(Importing the PAL video to a new NTSC project)

The picture quality will be reduced.
You will also need to scale down the video after importing it to the NTSC project/timeline, so you won't cut away the edges of your video.

I have seen DVfilm's Atlantis software being mentioned in other threads about converting between PAL and NTSC.
http://www.dvfilm.com/atlantis/

Mat Thompson · May 4th, 2007, 05:31 AM

Many thanks for all the pointers fellas.

Much appreciated!

May 3rd, 2007, 05:27 AM	#1
Mat Thompson Trustee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 1,397	PAL project to NTSC for dvd ?? Hi people. Ok I need to change a premiere PAL 16:9 project to NTSC for a dvd to be used in the US.....what do I need to do or can this be done? I'm guessing you can't 'increase' the FPS without changing the speed so can this be done? Cheers Mat

May 3rd, 2007, 07:14 AM	#4
Ervin Farkas Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Atlanta/USA Posts: 2,515	Quality What you're going to loose is quality. Premiere is known to have a poor mpeg2 transcoding engine even with "straight" projects, let alone changing TV standards. Using a third party mpeg2 encoder will yield considerably higher quality. __________________ Ervin Farkas www.AtlantaLegalVideo.com

May 3rd, 2007, 05:30 AM	#2
Harm Millaard Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,832	Use Procoder or Procoder Express for those tasks.

May 3rd, 2007, 05:34 AM	#3
Mat Thompson Trustee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 1,397	Thanks for your very swift response....can you explain what this is? what its going to achieve? From the help in Premiere It seems you can simply write a NTSC dvd of the PAL project although it advises that all settings are specific. Therefore what am I going to lose by just writing directly to NTSC from the PAL project??

May 3rd, 2007, 09:00 AM	#5
Paul Wags Ruler of the DownUnder UnderWorld Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cairns- Queensland - Australia Posts: 248	We make NTSC DVD's all the time from a PAL timline. We use EDIUS and encode the files straight out in one go, just have to make sure you don't use Mpeg2 for sound as NTSC palyers cannot play that format. Use PCM, wav. Assem the DVD with DVDLAB PRO. Use Procoder or Procoder Express with Prem if you can.

May 4th, 2007, 05:31 AM	#7
Mat Thompson Trustee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 1,397	Many thanks for all the pointers fellas. Much appreciated!