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PAL to NTSC Convertor

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I finally got the Thief and the Cobbler. But the Richard Williams Workprint won't play on any of my DVD players. The guy who sent me the set said the disc was in PAL format, and that I needed to find some way to transcode it into NTSC format. Unfortunately, he doesn't have the tools to do this, so I need to seek help from another source.

Who knows of a program that will convert a DVD from PAL to NTSC format? And please, make sure I can get it for free, because I don't want to have to pay $100 for something I'm probably only going to use once...
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Do you have Nero 7? NeroVision will convert the VOB files to NTSC. You'll lose most of the actual DVD features, but you can at least take the film itself and reauthor a basic disc using NeroVision. You can get creative and reauthor most of the extras back in.

Was Thief ever in PAL? Most of the copies are NTSC.
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I think I have Nero 6. Can I still do it with that?
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Depends. Go into the Nero folder and see if you have NeroVision. I can't remember if it was bundled with 6. There is no One Button approach. We're talking reauthoring a DVD from scratch, but if you have NeroVision, it's fairly easy.

The other program you'll need is DVDDecrypter, to rip the DVD in file mode. You can go to Videohelp.com and there's a button on the left for tools. Search for it there and you'll find a link.
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Eek. You'll need to send me a manual on how to do this, because this will be too complex to discuss on a forum.
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although not the best method, DVDSanta can also do PAL to NTSC conversion
I mostly use Canopus Procoder or MainConcept H.264 Encoder v2
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Are any of those free? Because like I said, I'm not spending $250 on something I'm probably only going to use once.
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Thank you. I now deem you one of my favorite people on this forum.