Need to send promotional DVD overseas….. what format?
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September 5, 2007 at 6:11 PM #41364
breaksk8master
ParticipantTo my understanding the United States uses NTSC and the rest of the world PAL format.
I do all of my editing with adobe premier pro 2.0.
I am an Entertainer and I need to send our a promotional DVD to Agents not only in the United States but also Overseas to the UK and Japan.
So my question is…… how do i know weither to send PAL or NTSC overseas?
Am I already on the right track?
Any advice would be greatly apreciated.
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September 5, 2007 at 6:39 PM #175648
Anonymous
InactiveWell, you have two problems. The first is your video format, the second could be your DVD format.
As far as video format, a lot of the world uses PAL. If all else fails, call the agents you’re sending videos to and ask them. They’ll probably know. You can also google for your answer. There’s a great world map of what countries use which at this link – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC
Once you’ve converted your video to whichever format you need to, you also need to make sure that your DVD burner is either regionless, or can be set to the region you’re sending the DVD to. As a rule, most DVD burners anymore are regionless, but still, a quick reading of the manual never hurts.
In theory, once you convert your video to PAL format and burn a regionless DVD, it can be played anywhere that PAL is the accepted format.
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September 6, 2007 at 3:41 PM #175649
Anonymous
InactiveJapan is NTSC. UK is PAL.
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September 7, 2007 at 7:30 AM #175650
worb
ParticipantWhy not send both? That way you are covered no matter what format they use.
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September 27, 2007 at 9:40 AM #175651
TheDubster(Greg)
ParticipantHere is a Chart you can use to look up which one is the right format. Also remember that country codes are another issue. Most DVD players can’t only switch country region setting 5 times or so. There is such a thing as region free players but most people don’t have access to this.
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September 28, 2007 at 3:32 AM #175652
deborbon
ParticipantHi there,
I don’t know where you’re sending it to exactly, but most everyone has a computer, that means video format is not an issue. All you have to do is encode your work into universal FLASH using any good video encoding software. Once you’ve converted your demo, just put the darn thing online.
Benefits:
A) You will save yourself the shipping of the CD, burning, duplication cost, etc.
B) If you use a tracking link, you can track how many people have seen or downloaded your demo
C) Immediate feedbackThat’s what I would do anyway. This is 2008, why should shipping a single CD be an issue when you have an exploding TV video market online?
Deborbon
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October 1, 2007 at 7:39 PM #175653
videowolf
ParticipantI burned a dvd last year (and made sure that ALL regions were selected when authoring). It played in Budapest with no problems.
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October 6, 2007 at 8:20 AM #175654
matjusm
ParticipantSome DVD players are actually region free or can be made to be so. With my Philips DVP630 (living in Europe) I just had to enter a code into the player and after that I could play any region I wanted.
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October 22, 2007 at 3:45 PM #175655
BrianFisher
ParticipantHere is a great list for all of the NTSC and PAL countries in pdf format.
http://www.rdiconnect.com/support/policy/ntsc_pal.pdf
You can print it out and use it for future reference.
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