ntsc delivery

[noafilm]

I need to deliver a ntsc video to a client in America, since I'm in pal land and since I never have delivered a ntsc video before I was wondering what the best settings are to export out of edius pro to assure it will play right on my clients dvd player?

I see there is an "mpeg es ntsc for dvd" template and the same one but without the "es" in it, is there any difference between the two or are both safe bets to export out?

[antonsvideo]

are you sending them files and they do the authoring in USA?

or are you sending a complete NTSC DVD? If so, what authoring software do you use? also, do you have any encoding software other than Edius?

[pjsssss]

es stands for elementary stream. It sounds like you just want to make something they can play. If so, no need to use the es.

[tingsern]

Most DVD players can play both NTSC and PAL - at least that is what is being sold locally in Singapore. AND if you use multi-system TVs - you can forget about PAL and NTSC. Check with your US clients if they have the h/w - and you can forget about this headache - if they have.

[pjsssss]

There are not that many players here that play PAL...at least not like Pal countries play NTSC.

[Bluetongue]

There are not that many players here that play PAL...at least not like Pal countries play NTSC.

Yes I will agree with that, we seem to get both options in PAL land
I have also run into this problem with PAL disks to ntsc land, my solution
Place the PAL video into a ntsc project, export to ntsc, Edius seems to handle this very well and then author using DVDLab Pro making sure all the Project, VTS and VOB parameters are set to ntsc
Regards Barry

[noafilm]

are you sending them files and they do the authoring in USA?

or are you sending a complete NTSC DVD? If so, what authoring software do you use? also, do you have any encoding software other than Edius?

I need to send a complete ntsc dvd to them and I use Encore cs3, I also have tmpgenc 4.0 Xpress. My source material is a mixture of 1920x1080p, 1920x1080i and 1440x1080p.

[antonsvideo]

simply print your timeline to Canopus HQ

open the file in T4 Xpress and set aspect and field order of the HQ so it matches the exported HQ

T4 often gets this wrong

then use an NTSC DVD preset and modify if needed

alternatively, start a new Edius SD NTSC project and add the Canopus HQ file, then use the disk burner to create your DVD

mind you that T4 does a much better job in downscaling and standards conversion

[noafilm]

Thx all for the answers so far, Anton; I have used tmpgenc to make my ntsc file like you suggested but I do notice now that the audio is meg1, do you think that might cause playback issues or would I be safer just to use dolby digital?

[antonsvideo]

you must select dolby digital ac3

mpeg audio is not supported in USA DVD players

[tingsern]

Why products for US markets are SO RESTRICTIVE? Audio - must be Dolby AC3 (cannot use MPEG Audio), don't have PAL and NTSC, etc, etc.

[dpalomaki]

You can also use uncompressed LPCM files (e.g., .WAV) on a USA DVD.

Supported formats were likely decisions taken by the drivers of early DVD format in the USA, mainly the content owners I suspect; so thank Hollywood. Probably because their 100 gram brains think of MP3 as an illegal file sharing format.

[noafilm]

Thx a lot all for the tips, very much appreciated.

[dpalomaki]

There are not that many players here [in USA] that play PAL

For sure. It was a way for content owners (like Sony) to discourage import of foreign source PAL DVDs, it gave them an additional control on distribution and tighter lock on the sales stream. Turns out low cost (generic) DVD payers are often a bit more likely to successfully play PAL than the higher end brand names (e.g., Sony). For players marketed in both the land of NTSC and PAL, probably slightly lower cost to make one machine that can play both formats and just trust to region coding.

[antonsvideo]

on the same subject, USA tourism related shops should be fined for selling region 1 DVD to australian tourists, they then come home and throw the DVD in the rubbish bin, too far to return for a refund