What is the best way to convert PAL 576i to 23.976

[MrBrown]

Yeah, I agree with MrBrown; considering the high volume of PAL DVDs I have worked with that are from Germany, Poland, France, Italy, Spain, the UK, and others; that most PAL DVDs ARE interlaced.

I am wondering where Chew got the notion that they are progressive

It depends on much things. Smaller German release companies seem to use interlaced more frequent, then bigger ones like Studio Canal.
Also it seems as if back in the start of DVD the interlaced releases seem to be more often.
I would say that it is a fair chance of getting something interlaced, but not that most are.

[Chewtobacca]

The vast majority of PAL movie DVDs, which is what I said, are progressive material encoded as interlaced. PDB, I'll send you a PM, and we can work out what you are dealing with.

[taas007]

The vast majority of PAL movie DVDs, which is what I said, are progressive material encoded as interlaced.  PDB, I'll send you a PM, and we can work out what you are dealing with.

That makes a lot more sense.

[MrBrown]

I just testet the conversion of frames with VDub, and it worked fine. I had a normal 25fps clip, and to really see the difference, i converted it to 10fps. and.. now it is very slow...
So the VDub does its job.

[Chewtobacca]

PDB's DVD was progressive, as they almost always are.

Code:

MPEG2Source()
AssumeFPS(24000,1001)

[dvdboy]

All depends on the quality of the master you recieved from the studio and whether the compression and authoring company knew what they were doing.

VOD platforms have helped a great deal as they have got people into the mindset of "no standards comversions" which has meant European studios started asking for 23.98 masters when they bought titles.

[PDB]

Chew looked at the file, it was progressive but the metadata identified it as interlaced which is what was causing my problems

[jerryshadoe]

I just wanted to clear the air "in public" regarding my comment about PAL DVDs of films:

I was NOT trying to call Chewtobacca out on anything or sh*t on his knowledge!

Apparently, my experience is unique and does NOT reflect the overall trend of PAL DVDs of films.

Here, he was right and I stand corrected... Thanx for teaching me something

[Chewtobacca]

No worries! PDB solved his problem and, I hope, is making progress on his project.

[Jetrell Fo]

No worries!  PDB solved his problem and, I hope, is making progress on his project.

Okay, I've got the Australian ROTS capped from VHS from DragonClawz over at OT. I've converted the .vob's to mpeg2. Now what is the best way, quality wise, to go from PAL to NTSC?

The video is 720x576i.

I will check out what's already listed here to see what might work.

I also have a few Godzilla blurays from Germany that I'd like to switch over to NTSC and add the English audio options to.

Thanks,

Shawn