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PAL to NTSC Television
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RangerTexas
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I have a PAL DVD, and a player that can play it... only problem is that my Television cannot properly display PAL signal. Any piece of hardware I can install between the set up to allow proper display of a PAL program?
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Get rid of your rubbish NTSC stuff.. :p
But I live in America :( If I asked the kid at wal-mart for a PAL tv, He'd look something like this : :confused:
You should be able to find something you can use. :)
I'm surprised your DVD player can't convert the signal to NTSC.
Dug
edit, usually the hack is just some combination of remote codes
Sometimes living in NZ has its advantages: region coding is illegal here (it's considered anticompetitive), so every DVD player you buy comes with a little slip of paper shoved in the box telling you how to change the region code as many times as you like. :D
Anyway, here are a few converters. They seem to be quite expensive.
[url]http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=pal%20ntsc%20hardware%20converter&hl=en&ie=UTF-8[/url]
[B]... it's the 50mhz vs. 60 mhz signal...[/B][/QUOTE]
There's your problem...
:p
Mhz ???
[B]There's your problem...
:p
Mhz ??? [/B][/QUOTE]
Haha, hertz.
T
he PS2 is playing the movie perfectly (using DVD Region X, barring the Black and White and Flickering, which is apparently a common issue with playing PAL DVDs on NTSC televisions, even on multi-region DVD players)
My DVD player cannot even attempt to play it, it's only able to play Region 1 DVDs. I tried the various hacks I found, with no luck. I'm not interested in buying a new DVD player yet, mine's prefectly fine other than this one dilema. Same with the television. Talking to Radio Shack, they know of the hardware needed to solve my problem, and the guy's very familar with the situation, but it's unknown where to get this piece of hardware.
-feels like a complete idiot at this point, muaha-
Only problem is I don't want a new DVD player, I like mine :(
Oh well, the search continues.
Thanks for all the help thus far everyone! And more is appreciated :)
P.S.- I guess these are the woes of living in the U.S, haha...
Another alternative is to rip the DVD to your computer, reencode it as an NTSC DVD, burn that, and watch it.
[B]That'd be a negative as well. The player isn't the problem, it's the 50mhz vs. 60 mhz signal, unless somehow one of those hacks converts the signal. The site had one hack listed for my DVD player, philips 750VR, but it didnt work. [/B][/QUOTE]
Many of the dvd players do convert frequency also. i know the one I have does. Usually if there is a pal and an ntsc version of the same player, they aren't going to take the ability out of a player just to sell it in the US
[B]These are the woes of the content producers having so much power over the electronics makers.
Another alternative is to rip the DVD to your computer, reencode it as an NTSC DVD, burn that, and watch it. [/B][/QUOTE]
I was just going to suggest that, If you've got a DVD burner in your computer, just get DVD Shrink. and copy it to a blank DVD, you can remove the region coding, and/or convert it from PAL to NTSC.
[B]I was just going to suggest that, If you've got a DVD burner in your computer, just get DVD Shrink. and copy it to a blank DVD, you can remove the region coding, and/or convert it from PAL to NTSC. [/B][/QUOTE]
I haven't gotten DVD shrink to do the conversion, I had to use tmpgenc. Then I had to convert the sound from 25 fps to 29.97fps. There are howto's out there, but it's a pain in the butt. I'll have to give dvdshrink a try.
Prolly rip with DVDshrink, convert the VOB's, then burn back to DVD.
Most of the 'how to's that i've found out there, require a pHD to follow.
[B]My DVD-ROM/Burner only allows 4 region code changes... I want to do that as a very last resort. [/B][/QUOTE]
With dvdshrink or dvddecrypter, I don't think you need to mess with your dvd drive in your computer. The software takes care of region-freeing the disk to your HD.
Dug
[B]DVD Shrink asks me to change the region code of my DVD burner. Will look into the other program. [/B][/QUOTE]
DVDshrink shouldnt ask you to change the region code of the burner, it should ask you if you want to strip the RCE coding from the Disc...
Unless your burner is Region 2 or something
[B]Would something like [URL=http://cgi.ebay.com/TV-AV-Video-System-PAL-NTSC-Converter-Adapter-Booster_W0QQitemZ150061494826QQihZ005QQcategoryZ73390QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem]this[/URL] do the trick? [/B][/QUOTE]
That might do it! Although, my PS2 is NTSC... but I guess it's sending a PAL signal. Would a PAL output cable be different than standard NTSC. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.
To actually convert from PAL to NTSC you will need an MPEG2 encoder such as TMpegEnc. Unfortunately there are no free encoders available for Windows due to patent and licensing issues. There are some for linux, though. If you have a linux machine handy, get a copy of [url=http://tovid.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page]tovid[/url] and use that. It's so simple to use, literally one command.