How to Convert PAL to NTSC
PAL is part of the MPEG-2 video compression format that is commonly used in many parts of Asia and Africa. PAL videos support resolutions of 720x576 and are compressed to work on PAL formatted DVD players. NTSC, which is also an MPEG-2 format, is a commonly used North American compression format. MPEG-2 NTSC videos use 720x480 resolutions and are compressed to work with NTSC DVD players. Converting PAL formatted videos to NTSC can be accomplished with an easy-to-use video converter program.
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Instructions
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Download AVC Video Converter free (see Resources below) and install it on your computer.
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Launch your program after it has installed. On the main interface, click "Add Video" on the top panel. Locate your PAL formatted video from the location you have it saved on your computer and click "Open" to load it to your program.
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Select "DVD Video NTSC Movie (*.mpg)" on the "Profile" window.
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Select the video frame rate and the aspect ratio on the lower part of the profile window. You can select from 4:3 (full screen) and 16:9 (wide screen).
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Click the "Convert" button on the top panel to convert your video to NTSC format.
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Tips & Warnings
There are other video converter programs, such as Movavi Video Converter (see Resources below).
