[mythtv-users] [OT] PAL DVD to NTSC

[jedi]

On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 09:38:22AM -0400, Boleslaw Ciesielski wrote:
> Brad Fuller wrote:
> > Googlin I see that it's possible to use mencoder to copy a PAL DVD and
> > convert it to play on NTSC systems. But, most of the hacks I've read
> > seemed rather involved. Maybe because I didn't find the right one. Has
> > anyone found an easy way to convert PAL to NTSC DVDs?  --- ok, "easy"
> > is loaded ;-)
> 
> Relatively easy way is to use ffmpeg with the -target ntsc-dvd option. 
> You may have to deinterlace to get acceptable quality and even so it may 
> be lacking.

    I will have to try this sometime. My previous attempts with just
various transcode options all turned out horribly wrong (audio sync
issues).