Best Colour Space Setting for Compressor MPEG-2 Export (all-regions DVD)?

Hey there guys,
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We are exporting a movie file from Compressor. However, we are not sure what Colour Space setting to use: Rec. 601 (PAL), Rec. 601 (NTSC) or Rec. 709.

FYI: we shot our movie on a Canon 7D camera at 1920 x 1080. It is now going to be put onto an all-regions DVD which needs to be playable worldwide.

As the movie is in HD, we are assuming that Rec. 709 is the correct setting, but this is just an assumption. However, we are now at the stage where we are going to give the DVD master copy to the replication plant, so we want to make certain that we are doing the correct thing.

Any thoughts, ideas and guidance are gratefully received.

Thank you so much for reading this post!

Export from 709. The encoding process fir DVD will make it 601.

Tom Wolsky wrote: Export from 709. The encoding process fir DVD will make it 601.

Firstly, thank you so much for your kind and prompt response, which is enormously appreciated!

Do you happen to know the correct Video Standard setting - NTSC or PAL - to select within DVD Studio Pro's Preferences? In our trial runs, we have selected NTSC because we want to try and ensure our DVD plays in all regions, especially Region 1: the US, US territories and Canada.

NTSC.

Tom Wolsky wrote: NTSC.

NTSC it is!

Thank you so much once again for your kind and prompt response! This is enormously appreciated. This is the first time going through this production cycle for us, so we value your guidance all the more.

All DVD players in PAL countries can also play back NTSC DVDs, in case you worried.

Axel wrote: All DVD players in PAL countries can also play back NTSC DVDs, in case you worried.

That's great to know! We had read that NTSC was better for compatibility reasons, but we weren't actually aware that DVD players in all PAL countries could play NTSC DVDs.

Many thanks for this valuable information!