Hello,

I have been searching on this forum before asking the following questions, but haven't found any answers.

I hope I can tap of your extencive knowledge with the following question.

In NTSC you can create 24p ( film speed ) mpeg 2 files to put them on DVD. The NTSC DVD player will then add a pulldown to show it correctly on the screen.

My question is, if you have 24p footage and want to put it on a PAL DVD, is it OK to create PAL aspect reatio mpeg 2 files keeping the 24p frame speed or do I have to transform it into 25p ( PAL ) speed. Do PAL DVD players recognise 24p mpegs and do their own magic as the NTSC DVD players, or do I have to convert to 25p ?

Thank you in advance,

Frank

You can convert it to 25p by speeding everything up. You'd need to pitch shift the audio so that it sounds right.

You can convert it to 25p by speeding everything up. You'd need to pitch shift the audio so that it sounds right.

Thanks Glenn,

I know I can change the speed , but is that how it's normally done in PAL DVD Film releases ? That means that all films in Europe are shorter then the original version no ?

I was just wondering if PAL DVD players can play 24p mpeg files loke NTSC DVD players can. If not, I will have to speed change to 25p.

Frank

Yes Frank, all movies are in Europe a little bit shorter. I once read Alexander for example, a movie of three hours long, was like 10 minutes shorter here, or something.

Yes Frank, all movies are in Europe a little bit shorter. I once read Alexander for example, a movie of three hours long, was like 10 minutes shorter here, or something.

Thanks for the info Mathieu

Frank