THE BEST AND EASIEST WAY TO CONVERT PAL TO NTSC DVD’S
TOOLS
I HAVE A TV SERIES DVD FROM FRANCE (R2) AND NEEDED TO CHANGE THE FRAMRATE GET RID OF THE FRENCH AUDIO SO I CAN WATCH IT ON MY TV. I USED 3 EASY TO USE SOFTWARES TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK.
SMARTRIPPER:
SINCE I WAS DOING A TV SERIES, I RIPPED EACH EPISODE SEPARETE, AND THEN WENT TO “STREAM PROCESSING” AND “DEMUX TO EXTRA FILE” THE AUDIO OF ENGLISH AND FRENCH FOR SEPARTE FILES FOR EACH EPISODE. WHEN THE RIP WAS DONE I DELETED THE FRENCH AUDIO AND KEPT THE ENGLISH OF COURSE. AFTER THE PROCESS, YOU SHOULD HAVE FILES LIKE THIS:
TMPGEnc3XP OR PLUS:
IN TMPGEnc3XP WHICH I USED TO DO THIS, I’M PRETTY SURE THAT TMPGEnc PLUS WILL WORK.
NEXT ADD THE FILE AND DON’T CHANGE ANYTHING YET. GO TO THE FILTER SELECTION AND IN THE DEINTERLACE METHOD CHANGE IT TO “DEINTERLACE (DOUBLE FRAMERATE)”
THEN IN THE “SET OUTPUT” SECTION CHANGE THE RES. TO 720X480 OF COURSE. I’M PRETTY SURE CHANGING THE AUDIO TO 192 OR HIGHER DOESN’T REALLY MATTER BECAUSE YOU AREN’T DOING ANY ENCODING WITH THE AUDIO. AUDIO IS LATER IN INSERTED WITH THE VIDEO IN THE DVD AUTHORING PROCESS.
LAST, PICK A SAVING SPOT AND DEPENDING YOUR COMPUTER YOU WILL HAVE A NTSC MPEG-2 FILE IN NO TIME. I HAVE A P4 2.5 WITH 512 RAM AND IT TAKES MY COMPUTER ABOUT 2-2.5 HOURS TO ENCODE A 44 MINS. EPISODE. WHEN MAKING A FILE SIZE TO FIT A DVD IT DOESN’T REALLY MATTER, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER, BUT IT MIGHT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF THE VIDEO IF YOU MAKE THE FILE SIZE TO SMALL. WITH MINE IT WAS TAKING ABOUT 75% OF THE DVD AND I COMPRESSED IT DOWN TO 25% AND IT STILL LOOKED PRETTY GOOD.
TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.5 OR ABOVE:
WHEN ADDING A FILE MAKE SURE FOR AUDIO YOU SELECT THE: vts_01_([0x81]_Audio_English_AC3(2Ch)_48kHz___)_Delay_0ms.ac3 PATH FOR THE ENGLISH.
WHEN DOING THIS I’M NOT REAL SURE YOU HAVE TO CHECK THE BOX FOR “RE-ENCODE THE AUDIO USING THE OUTPUT FORMAT OF THE TRACK” I’AM LITTLE CONFUSED ON THAT PART. I CHECK IT AND WHEN I PLAYED A CLIP AFTER IT SOUNDED FINE, BUT DON’T KNOW IF I’M LOOSING THE DOLBY DIGITAL SOUND OR NOT? SOMEONE TELL ME IF I SHOULD KEEP ON CHECKING THE BOX OR NOT.
AFTER ALL THAT CRAP YOU’RE DONE. MAKE MENUS AND BEGIN THE OUTPUT FOR YOUR NEW PERSONAL DVD.
