Looking to convert PAL Blu-ray to NTSC iTunes

[Apple_Robert]

I bought "The King of Queens" Blu-ray set (PAL). I have a region-free Blu-ray player. However, I was wondering if there is a good Mac app that will convert the PAL Blu-ray episodes to NTSC, so that I can load the series in iTunes and watch on my 4K Apple TV.

Anyone know of a good program?

 

[joshjohnson]

#1 why did you buy a PAL region blu ray, when you have an NTSC tv? #2 framerate conversion is extremely expansive in compute time for no visual benefit. #3 all modern HDTVs understand 25FPS(pal) vs 30FPS(ntsc) signals.
I'd leave the framerate well enough alone, as the HDTV and aTV will handle both just fine. use MAKEMKV to rip the Blu-ray and Handbrake to convert it with the normal or high preset. or use the built in handbrake preset for 1080p appleTV, be sure the quality slider is around 26, and that it's set to use QuickSync.

 

[Audit13]

There is no such thing as a pal BluRay as far as I know; however, BluRay discs may be region-locked.

To convert the frame rate, you would need to rip ready episode and then use software to re-encode each episode to mp4.

 

[joshjohnson]

There is no such thing as a pal BluRay as far as I know; however, BluRay discs may be region-locked.

To convert the frame rate, you would need to rip ready episode and then use software to re-encode each episode to mp4.

This is true but the blu Ray can be anywhere between 24fps for movies and 30fps for US tv shows. So it would make sense for a EU region blu Ray to be 25fps just to be conventional for a tv show. Don’t make the FPS higher it will not make any difference to the quality and just make the file pointlessly bigger.

 

[Audit13]

Most of my blurays are 23.976 FPS. I think I've come across a few that are 24.0 and don't recall seeing any at 30.

 

[joshjohnson]

Most of my blurays are 23.976 FPS. I think I've come across a few that are 24.0 and don't recall seeing any at 30.

That makes sense and is an artifact of the 29.975 or so FPS when you add a color carrier to the ntsc signal. Anyway that’s essentially 24fps and so close it doesn’t actually matter.