PAL (dvd) to NSTC (dvd) region free & conversion

[Unidecker]

vladsmythe i wasnt trying to make it a he said she said or point fingers
i was just looking to help just the same had i not tossed my dvd player working that played pal and ntsc i would have done the same as you and shipped it totally free to a vet or otherwise... sorry again was just looking to help .

uni

[luckyvic]

Originally Posted by vladsmythe

I would be happy to honor a disabled vet with a brand new Philips DVP2880/F7.
I think it will handle all of your video needs. Please PM me your mailing address.

I sincerely appreciate your kind offer. But for now I would like to try to convert my PAL dvds and use my current Blu-Ray player. Please do not take
any offense. I'm stubborn and determined to make this work.

Were you able to come up with software that I could use?
"...I am trying out 3 different freeware applications and will give you my results later today."

Victor

[luckyvic]

I do want to make it clear that I am a veteran and disabled, but not combat or service related. I was in the Army (also inactive reserve) and a Department of Defense employee
for 17 years total. My disability came in 2002 after suffering several heart attacks and severe bone loss due to undiagnosed celiac disease for 2 years. I don't qualify for social security disability benefits (I guess I need to be more f-cked up health wise), but that's okay because I intend to go for SS when I turn 62 in a year and a half.
So I wanted to clear that up. I'm not looking for charity or want anyone to feel bad for me. I'm doing fine. I am so touched by the kindness of the good people here. I've been since 2005 and hope to be around much longer.
Thank you very much TTD'ers!!

you can also use Adobe Premiere, it´s overrated for your problem, but it´s FREE (an older version with full functions)!
search under www.adobe.com .../downloads

[vladsmythe]

Originally Posted by luckyvic

I sincerely appreciate your kind offer. But for now I would like to try to convert my PAL dvds and use my current Blu-Ray player. Please do not take
any offense. I'm stubborn and determined to make this work.

Were you able to come up with software that I could use?
"...I am trying out 3 different freeware applications and will give you my results later today."

Victor

Yes Victor. I sent you a PM yesterday that you have not opened yet. I spent a few hours trying to come up with a solution. I did several attempts and looked at the results side by side. The best I found was Full Video Converter 9

http://www.softowner.net/2011/06/dow...rter-free.html

[Homebrew101]

Originally Posted by luckyvic

I did do that and the PAL to NSTC didn't work. I can try again and see if I missed something. I am trying to convert this one,

make sure you change all of the PAL entries, there are usually several in each IFO and BUP file, but sometimes it doesn't work, never determined why some do and some don't

[DanielG]

Originally Posted by vladsmythe

Yes Victor. I sent you a PM yesterday that you have not opened yet. I spent a few hours trying to come up with a solution. I did several attempts and looked at the results side by side. The best I found was Full Video Converter 9

http://www.softowner.net/2011/06/dow...rter-free.html

FYI, your link is broken...

[vladsmythe]

Thanks for the heads up!

I pasted it but for some reason this forum doesn't allow it.

http://www.softowner.net/2011/06/download -full-video-converter-free.html

try connecting the -full-video-converter-free.html

[vladsmythe]

Or just Google "Full Video Converter 9 free SoftOwner"

[spidergawd]

I've achieved decent results (in other words watchable but not as good as playing the original files with hardware that can handle the native format) making menuless discs using: ffmpeg to rip the audio to .wav and the video to NTSC .m2v; SoX to alter the tempo of the audio to make it match the duration of the new video; and ffmpeg to simultaneously compress the new audio to ac3 and mux with the new video. SoX and ffmpeg are multi-platform, but I'm using Slackware and don't know of a linux equivalent of IfoEdit so I use dvdauthor to make menuless discs that just start playing from the beginning when inserted into a dvd player.

Like Unidecker I never (or rarely anyway) burn discs for my own use but now and then it's fun to grab a disc to take elsewhere, so for me the format isn't completely dead just yet.

[vladsmythe]

I also burn and give away 50 -100 dvds per month. DVDS are portable.

[luckyvic]

I downloaded it and it's now version 10 and not free. But thanks anyway.

[luckyvic]

I want to thank everybody here for all your help. If something doesn't work out for now, no problem.

[vladsmythe]

Originally Posted by luckyvic

I downloaded it and it's now version 10 and not free. But thanks anyway.

sent you a new link. I hope it works.

[vladsmythe]

Originally Posted by Unidecker

vladsmythe i wasnt trying to make it a he said she said or point fingers
i was just looking to help just the same had i not tossed my dvd player working that played pal and ntsc i would have done the same as you and shipped it totally free to a vet or otherwise... sorry again was just looking to help .

uni

Thanks. We all want the same thing. If all else fails, I'm happy to do the conversions for Victor myself.