Region2 PAL dvdshrink .. on an NTSC player

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  • tek
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Aug 2003
    • 3

    Region2 PAL dvdshrink .. on an NTSC player

    hi,

    i'm just trying to work out whether converting a region2 DVD (PAL) with DVD Shrink would play back on an American (NTSC) dvd player.. since the region protection is removed, I imagine that this is the only thing remaining.

    I'm a little confused as I guess the DVD is digital information, so perhaps the PAL/NTSC part is part of the output signal from the DVD player.. Can anyone shed some light on this ??
  • setarip
    Retired
    • Dec 2001
    • 24955

    #2
    Many, but not all, newer standalone DVD players, have built-in capability to properly display both NTSC and PAL formats. You may have to access this via the player's hardware setup screen's "Display" section, which should have an "NTSC/PAL/Auto" option...

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    • tek
      Junior Member
      Junior Member
      • Aug 2003
      • 3

      #3
      conversion from NTSC to PAL via software

      Well .. i'd like it to play on a US dvd player, so can i convert from PAL to NTSC somehow via software ?

      Since I presume the stream is PAL encoded, so i'd need to decode it and reencode it to NTSC--is that correct ?

      Sounding more complex by the minute ..

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      • shiny#3
        Digital Video Master
        Digital Video Master
        • Jul 2003
        • 1000

        #4
        If your standalone is not capable of displaying Pal format
        this is the only way to do it.

        you have to change frame/s from 25 to 29.97 or 23,976
        and resolution from 720x576 to 720x480
        you can accomplish this with Tmpeg or CCE
        the most tricky thing in this would be to maintain a proper aspect ratio.

        I have done this with the DVDvideo "pakt der wölfe" and used
        an avisynth script to do so. Since I do not know if the most
        common CCE basic supports resizing.

        your avisynth script should therefore contain something like this.

        BicubicResize(688,480,0,0.6,0,0,720,576)
        AddBorders(16,0,16,0)
        AssumeFPS(23.976, true) (or) AssumeFPS(29.97, true)

        incase you found out that the true filmpixels of your video
        is in lets say 2.35:1 720x306 the resizing should yield in something like

        BicubicResize(688,240,0,0.6,0,137,720,302)
        AddBorders(16,120,16,120)
        AssumeFPS(23.976, true)

        maybe tmpeg has some wizard setting that accomplishes that also but I haven´t done any Pal/Ntsc conversion yet with Tmpeg!
        maybe setarip could advise you on that.

        good luck.

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        • setarip
          Retired
          • Dec 2001
          • 24955

          #5
          "Since I presume the stream is PAL encoded, so i'd need to decode it and reencode it to NTSC--is that correct ?"

          Only if your US standalone DVD player doesn't have the built-in capability to properly display both NTSC and PAL formats. You may have to access this via the player's hardware setup screen's "Display" section, which should have an "NTSC/PAL/Auto" option...

          Have you determined this yet?

          (If it doesn't have this capability, by all means, follow "shiny#3's" directions)

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          • tek
            Junior Member
            Junior Member
            • Aug 2003
            • 3

            #6
            thanks..

            thanks guys.. i don't have access to the dvd player so i can't test it.

            sounds like it'll be easier to try and work out if it can play PAL, as there are some menus and otherwise i'd like to try and preserve--hence why DVDShrink was a great option to start with.

            regards,
            tek.

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            • setarip
              Retired
              • Dec 2001
              • 24955

              #7
              "thanks guys.."

              My (Our) pleasure ;>}

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