The media stored on DVDs (and VHS tapes) can be formatted in one of two standards: NTSC and PAL. Commercial discs that are circulated through North and South America are commonly published in NTSC format (National Television Standards Committee). Meanwhile, DVDs that are distributed throughout Europe, Australia and Asia are formatted with the PAL standard (Phase Alternating Line). Since these two standards are engineered for different broadcast technologies, they do not share the same video settings. Although a PAL DVD cannot be read by a domestic DVD player, American residents can rip the media from the disc and convert it into NTSC format with Nero Recode. The conversion utility is included in the Nero Multimedia Suite, a popular line of DVD authoring products. The software’s Nero Burning ROM program can also be used to publish the extracted video as an NTSC DVD. Warnings Writer Bio
