On Jan 3, 2005, at 9:00 PM, Ian O'Brien wrote:
quoted 10 lines I have a made an iMovie in NTSC format and cut a DVD of it playable for
> I have a made an iMovie in NTSC format and cut a DVD of it playable for
> region 1 (US). I would like to convert the movie to PAL in iMovie and
> cut it to a region 2 DVD in iDVD for play in the EU. How do I do this?
> Are there step by step instructions anywhere? When I first put a DVD
> in the computer, with iDVD open, a dialogue box opened and asked what
> region I wanted to write it for. I opted for region 1 and was informed
> I could only change it 6 more times. How do I get this dialogue again
> to change it? Do I need a special DVD type to write in region 2? It
> seems the entire system is purposely obscure about what I wish to do.
> Is there anyone out there who knows what to do?
<Staticbeats beat me to the punch, since I had to eat and shower, so
some of our information is the same but...>
First off... iDVD records everything region-less. The dialogue box
issue that asked what region you're in was actually DVD Player. DVD
Player will ask this when you put in certain DVDs to watch. This is
due to archaic laws concerning copyright and Apple was forced to do
that by the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America). However, if
the person uses VLC Player or MPlayer (look them up on
www.versiontracker.com or www.macupdate.com) this won't be a problem
and they should be able to watch DVDs from all regions.
Do not worry about regions with iDVD. It records region-less.
According to iDVD help, and I quote:
"iDVD creates DVD discs that work in all DVD regions."
According to this excellent iMovie resource page, all recent PAL DVD
players that can read DVD-R and recent TVs (within 8-10 years old) can
also view NTSC video:
http://www.danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6017.shtml
Here's an excellent iDVD resource page that might help out:
http://www.kentidwell.com/idvd4/
I wouldn't worry about the PAL issue since most European players can
play PAL/NTSC and SECAM natively. And, as I wrote, iDVD actually
encodes everything region-less.
Here are a number of Applecare documents (tell your friend next time to
use Sherlock [should be in his/her Applications folder] to search by
keyword on Apple's Applecare system) that will undoubtedly help:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=50156 (iDVD: How to
Create NTSC and PAL format DVD discs)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61884 (iMovie 3: How to
Switch From NTSC to PAL)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=150047 (Choosing NTSC or
PAL format for new projects)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=150011 (Exporting your
movie for viewing in another format)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60788 (iDVD: Questions
and Answers)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60183 (DVD Player: About
DVD-Video Regions)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=150476 (iDVD Setting the
video format for a new project)
Good luck. Hope this helps. If you guys have any more issues, let me
know.
--
Mr. Tangent [the binary police]
www.mrtangent.com
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