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Nero Infotool unsuitable for PAL/NTSC recognition
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DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantsigismondo
Registered: February 22, 2011
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As a result of the analysys of the DVD "Ships with Wings" about PAL (720x576) or NTSC (720x480) format, I found that:

- Playing the movie with VLC Media Player, selecting the command "Tools/Codec Information/Codec Details", it reported that the video format was 720x576 (PAL);

- Analysing the DVD with Nero Infotool, it reported the disc was 720x480 (NTSC);

- Opening the IFO files with ifoedit, I found that actually only the menu was 720x480, the movie was 720x576, as reported by VLC Media Player.

It turns out that Nero Infotool read only the menu format and then it states that this is the DVD format; this makes Nero Infotool unsuitable to decide if a DVD movie is NTSC or PAL.
For this purpose, I suggest to use a DVD player giving the video format information while the movie is running (e.g. VLC Media Player, Power DVD).

This Nero Infotool issue has been already found in other forums (see the last post here).

Considering that the analyzed DVD belongs to "The Ealing Studios Collection", it is very probable that all DVDs of this collection are made in the same way (menu NTSC, movie PAL).
For completeness: the DVD back cover indicated PAL format.
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorDJ Doena
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I use DVD Decrypter for such infos.

Karsten
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You can also use:
PowerDVD,
IFOedit,
MediaInfo
(and other programs) to easily determine if a DVD has NTSC or PAL streams.
Corey
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The point sigismondo is making, is that those, like myself, who have used Nero InfoTool for verifying the format of a disc (especially UK R2 releases) should double check using something else if NTSC is indicated, in case it is actually reporting on the menu rather than the programme stream.

InfoTool is still a useful utility, but perhaps not to be used in isolation.
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