PAL DVD

Gordy · Post by **Gordy** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:32 pm

I would like to know how to make a pal dvd to work in south Asia.
Do I have to render the vs project to PAL DVD or can this PAL setting be done in moviefactory when we go to create dvd.
So which is the best way to make a DVD to work in South Asia.

Thanks
Gordy

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:11 pm

The best way is to render the videos to PAL DVD format (using Share -> Create Video File), creating a new, empty project, selecting Share -> Create Disk, and then adding all of the files that were rendered in PAL format to the DVD. You can of course use MovieFactory as well if you wish, but I would still use Videostudio to render to PAL DVD format first before continuing the DVD creation process in MovieFactory.

Post by **lancecarr** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:51 am

Gordy, I have to do this all the time as I have to send copies to people in PAL countries and NTSC countries. My cam is NTSC. I have found by actual experience that the fastest and most effective way is to create the project following the guide in the sticky note at the top of the forum. When I have completed all my editing steps I then go to "share" and create an MPEG2, DVD compliant NTSC video file. When that is done I go back to the same project and then create an MPEG2, DVD compliant PAL video file. I then use those two files to create the PAL or NTSC DVDs.
You are correct that the PAL attributes can be created at the file creation point of the process or the DVD creation point of the process. However, from my experience it is better to do it when you are rendering the video file.

Gordy · Post by **Gordy** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 4:47 am

Thanks guys both of you recommended the same method.
Just to make sure, I am using VS9 and when we go to Share-Create Video File: to get PAL selection I have to go to Custom and under Compression I choose PAL DVD. Is that the only settng I have to change or do I need to set Video Data Rate, Frame type etc aswell?

Then I should create the disk using the above PAL rendered video file.
The only setting I see is in the preferences where I set the TV system to PAL/SECAM.

I just want to make sure all the settings are covered as it takes a long time to render this 45min video.

Thanks for your help
Gordy

Post by **lancecarr** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 5:08 am

That's about right. You go to share-create video file. Choose compression and change it to PAL DVD. The frame rate will automatically change to 25fps and the resolution will change automatically to 720x576. The only thing you need to adjust at that point is the Video data rate, about 8000kps will give you a top quality file, and the type of sound file you want, MPEG, Dolby etc. I would go with Dolby as it is pretty universal and good quality at 256kps. At those data rates you will get the resulting file easily on to a single layer DVD when its time to author and burn.

Gordy · Post by **Gordy** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 5:42 am

Thats great, thanks alot for the quick responses.

Gordy