[MEncoder-users] Encoding Pal DVD to AVI or SVCD for NTSC

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On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 06:36:55 +1030
n0dalus <n0dalus at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you do a google search for 'PAL vs NTSC' you do get an overwhelming
> number of pages in support of PAL. Maybe this is just a widely held
> but ignorant point of view.

Maybe those in PAL countries are just more vocal  ;-)

> Personally, as someone who is used to the 4% speedup (but smoothness)
> of PAL, when I watch pulldown'd NTSC I see a slightly visible speed
> up, slow down, speed up, slow down, all the time. This really annoys
> me.

I think this is purely a matter of preference.   4% speed-up drives me
crazy in many ways, while I don't notice pulldown at all.