PAL playback on Mac?

[TyleRomeo]

do the pioneer A04s superdrives play PAL DVDs burned in DVD Studio Pro in the US? Or even commercial PAL DVDs?

Tyler

 

[outcastpariah]

I thought that dvd rom drives for any computer coupled with pretty much any software bundle would be able to decode PAL and NTSC videos.

 

[jaw04005]

do the pioneer A04s superdrives play PAL DVDs burned in DVD Studio Pro in the US? Or even commercial PAL DVDs?

Tyler

Yes they do. I have not ran into any mac DVD drives that will not play PAL. However, PAL video does not look as smooth and crisp as NTSC----at least not on my Powerbook 12"

 

[7on]

As long as the PAL DVD is region 0 or 1 (if you're USA)

 

[TyleRomeo]

sweet thanks guys. makes sense cuase otherwise how could you test a PAL dvd with dvd studio pro. I guess it then varies with physical DVD players if they can play both NTSC and PAL

Tyler