Thanks, Ronni, going to the Export preferences was the clue, I expected to find 
it as an option somewhere.   Works more or less the same inToast 11 and was 
remarkably quick.  
Severin

On 21/03/2012, at 2:44 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:

> Hi Severin,
> 
> I would have thought Handbrake could do that
> <http://handbrake.fr/>
> <http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/12987/handbrake>
> 
> Their guide mentions PAL vs NTSC:
> 
> <https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/FramerateGuide>
> 
> So I would imagine that you just set the conversion parameter to match the
> NTSC specifications...?
> 
> Handbrake is free and I have used it to convert downloaded video for iTunes
> - but I have never had cause to convert between PAL & NTSC
> 
> As I say, it is free so you can just give it a go?
> 
> I also noticed a Convert PAL to NTSC thread on Apple Support which mentions
> other options:
> <https://discussions.apple.com/message/9554479#9554479>
> 
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> 
> Neil
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> 
> 
> 
> on 21/3/12 2:20 PM, Severin Crisp at sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote:
> 
>> Is there a simple way to convert a DVD in Pal format to NTSC?  I suspect not.
>> I have Toast 11 but can find no easy answers.
>> Severin Crisp
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