PAL To NTSC...Video shakyness?

[MrGonzo]

Ok I have found two programs that convert PAL DVD file to NTSC quite fast.
"IFO Edit" and "VOB Blanker" these programs allow me to simply change the play format through the IFO files and quickly save it.

The problem I have now is that after I burn the movie(s) to DVD the video plays a little shaky. Ever few seconds there is a small but noticable amount of it.

Does anyone out there have any idea how I can fix this using these 2 programs I've mentioned?

[Krell]

I hate to burst your bubble, but there are only like 3 people here that are well versed in video editing, youre on the wrong site.




http://www.videohelp.com/edit

http://www.videoforums.co.uk/

http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/

http://forum.digital-digest.com/




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[etabeta]

You are taking a completely wrong approach to the conversion. IfoEdit only changes the descriptor identifying the TV standard without changing the frame rate in the MPEG2 stream. PAL video is 25 interlaced frames per second, while NTSC is 30 (29.97) interlaced frames per second. If you want to actually convert a DVD from PAL to NTSC or vice versa, you MUST recode the MPEG2 stream. A fairly simple program that does this is Nero Vision, but any transcoding program will make the video somewhat jittery because of the different frame rates.
As with any recoding of video or sound, the quality of the recoded file is alway inferior compared to the original.
The best solution is to purchase a multistandard TV/monitor

[mountain_rage]

ya etabeta is right on the money with his explanation. Also with interlaced video its a real pain to change the framerate and still have the video look good. I can only hope from now on all new media's will be progressive its a heck of alot easier to work with.

[RACKnRAIL]

I just bought a $38 DVD player that can play pal format. Almost all of them do now.