May 3rd, 2008, 02:17 PM
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Major Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: USA
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Creating a DVD that will be viewed in Europe
A client asked me if I made a dvd of the video he shot with his American camcorder could his relatives in Italy view it. I know we use NTSC and Europe uses PAL format but I'm not sure how that relates to a DVD. Btw, I will be using Final Cut Pro as my editing software.
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May 3rd, 2008, 04:01 PM
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Regular Crew
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Kumamoto City, Japan
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Unlike the USA, most European DVD players can handle both PAL and NTSC.
Before worrying about the PAL version, I would suggest that your friend contacts the Italian friend and check if they can playback NTSC. Otherwise I have had great success using a couple of freeware programmes to convert finished PAL or NTSC DVDs to the other format. However, I don't feel the need for this approach until you have checked if the have a machine that will playback the NTSC DVD in Italy. Regards, Douglas
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May 4th, 2008, 01:24 AM
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Inner Circle
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Billericay, England UK
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Pete - you should have no problems getting your NTSC DVD viewed in (PAL) Italy - or anywhere else in Europe for that matter. If the TV is very old indeed (say pre 1990) there might be a problem, but only on 'no-name' brands.
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May 4th, 2008, 12:40 PM
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Major Player
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thx guys sounds good
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