Confusing Roxio Toast Question/Discussion

[reykjavik]

Ill try to make this as simple as possible, also, I have the latest version (6.0.7) of Toast:

I have a PAL dvd. I would like to make it a NTSC DVD. Toast, under its "Video" tab, allows you to choose which mode youd like to burn in. This option is NOT present under its "Copy" tab. How do I do this?

Subpoint - For some reason, when I insert the PAL dvd, it does not show up anywhere in the finder or desktop. I can play it via VLC Video Player, but nothing else acknowledges that it exists. Is there a UNIX command of some sort that will get it to show up on the desktop? Any suggestions?

[kgarner]

I think you will have to rip it onto the computer and then re-encode it. I'm not an expert on this stuff, but I pretty sure that it is more complicated than selecting NTSC in Toast and copying it onto a new DVD.

[jeremy.king]

Very different...

Different resolutions and different framerates. Not sure of any affordable mac based software that can do this conversion.

Good luck to you.

[live4ever]

Try mpeg2works, it worked for me doing a PAL to NTSC video but I haven't tried a whole DVD ever, there's a great forum for support if you need further help.

http://www.mpeg2works.2ya.com/