kallend 2,149 #1 December 7, 2003 I want to send a DVD to my sister who lives in England. I edit my videos with Premiere 6.5, write them out as .avi files, and burn the DVD with Roxio DVD Creator. Roxio has a PAL/NTSC encoding switch and seems not to care about the source of the .avi file. Do I have to make a new PAL .avi file with Premiere before using the burner? Does an .avi even have any encoding in it or anything that is PAL/NTSC specific? I can't test my finished product so I want to do it right the first time.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Belly 0 #2 December 7, 2003 In the Adobe MPEG Encoder you can choose the output file to be an NTSC or PAL. I have done it the opposite way many times, and it works. Enjoy.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StefB 0 #3 December 7, 2003 Most european PAL DVD players can play NTSC DVDs too. And most european PAL TVs can display NTSC video as Pseudo-PAL (PAL60) too. When people can not view commercial NTSC DVDs on PAL equipment there is often a problem with the region code. But your won't author your DVDs with region code... Or there is something wrong with the DVD player setup/cable connection which can be solved with careful manual reading. There is a good chance that your sister can view your NTSC authored DVD on her DVD player /TV. A test is much easier than a correct NTSC to PAL conversion. Or try to get DVD player model name and TV model name and check NTSC playback capability in the net. Good luck Stefan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,149 #4 December 7, 2003 QuoteIn the Adobe MPEG Encoder you can choose the output file to be an NTSC or PAL. I have done it the opposite way many times, and it works. Enjoy.. I'm not using the MPEG encoder because the Roxio burner doesn't recognize the m2p file that it makes - that'w why I'm using the avi output. (I have a burning program from Sonic that does accept the m2p file, but it has other problems so I don't use it any more). I guess my question really is why do 2 separate programs (Premiere and DVD Creator) need to be told it's PAL? As far as I can tell, the Roxio program re-encodes anyway before it burns the disk.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #5 December 8, 2003 "I guess my question really is why do 2 separate programs (Premiere and DVD Creator) need to be told it's PAL? As far as I can tell, the Roxio program re-encodes anyway before it burns the disk. " Okay DVDs are not really my bag but I'm guessing the DVD encoder has to know the frame rate of the final file for playback. Roxio is probably re-encoding it as teh compression systems are different for MPEG ('standard, avi files) and MPEG2 ('standard, dvd files). What I might be tempted to do John would be to make a sample file, send it to your sister and see if it will play, prior to making a big file/ full dvd. It may be that she has a dvd player that can handle NTSC and PAL discs. They are quite common over here. And as someone else mentioned don't region code it.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
