Sending PAL dvd to NTSC land

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Scooter

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Hello there,
What, if anything, needs to be done for a dvd made in iDVD in Australia to play in America? Originaly output from FCP HD using 25 Progressive mode on DVX.

I am under the impression that iDVD is region free but is that the only thing i need to worry about.

I know i can play dvds from all over the world on my player here but is there some technical things i am missing for them to do the same?

So yeah, if anyone can help please let me know. Sorry if this has been posted 467 times but the search things seems to be a bit different now.

Have a nice day out there.
 
"So yeah, if anyone can help please let me know. Sorry if this has been posted 467 times but the search things seems to be a bit different now."

You should definitely try the search function, it is really fast now ever since the upgrade of the site happened.

I have the same question but vice versa. I have NTSC shot DVX footage and edited in FCP HD and finally authored in DVD SP 3. In the dvd authoring app I set it to region free (i checked all the regions i want the dvd to play in) The dvd itself should play fine in a computer dvd-rom drive and probably play fine in a dvd player BUT... the SIGNAL coming out of that player will need to be compatible with TV. Since computer signals are basically universal - you play all formats on them PAL, SECAM, NTSC. You can't do it for dvd and tv set-ups unless you convert the edited/unedited footage before you put it to dvd. It may play if the user has a television that can sense the signal and switch it accordingly to accept it.

SO the dvd i sent off to Germany, which is PAL land, was sent in the same NTSC format and I had to leave it up to the person viewing it to do the conversion. It is an incovenience on both ends because I'll need to find a conversion house or they will have to. In my case it wasn't my job to do this, but to just edit the footage. I did, though, send many formats: Quicktime, MP4, DVD, miniDV (the last 2 formats being in NTSC and the first 2 being compatible with anything - assuming they have Quicktime player.)

Hope that wasn't confuding.

Basically do the conversion from PAL to NTSC before doing the edit or if it is already edited do the conversion before laying back to your final copy (ie. DVD, 1/2", miniDV, DVCam, etc.)
 
I used DVD MovieFactory II. Converted in Prem, although have heard that it's rubbish and you should use a real encoder. Then burnt it using the standard NTSC settings. It was for a festival that I could'nt make in NY. I cacked my pants but it worked! No way of really testing unless you have NTSC DVD or you can set your DVD to the american region only.
 
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