Can someone help me with this, PAL question

[formerpacifist]

I have a video with these specs:

VIDEO #1
Resolution 528 x 576
Aspect ratio is 4:3
Frame rate 25.00 fps
Nominal bitrate 2098800 bps
First PTS: 01:00:31.400

MPEG AUDIO #1
MPEG1, Layer 2
stereo, sampled at 48.0 kHz.
Bitrate 128 kbps
Each frame contains 24.0 ms audio (384 bytes)
First PTS: 01:00:31.400

It was recorded in Europe so its in PAL format and it has a weird resolution (528x576). when i play it in PowerDvd it looks like a regular widescreen movie or something. It says 16/9 in the top corner and it has two black bars on the top and bottom. Basically what i want to do is open it in Premiere and edit some of it and put chapter markers, then import it to Encore and make a menu and stuff then burn it to a regular NTSC dvd so i can watch it at home. Can someone give me some advice on what to do? thanks.

 

[tedsmith]

The end result PAL or NTSC video is produced by your USA type dvd player and nothing to do with the data on the dvd disk as far as I know.
Besides, it is the NTSC video that is weird as there are more PAL tv sets in the world than NTSC.

 

[LRSmith]

Start a new project in Premiere with your desired NTSC settings. Import your video files, edit, and export. I suggest exporting as an AVI and using another software program besides Premiere to convert to DVD-MPG format. TMPGEnc is a good tool to use for this.

Your DVD burning software should allow you to put in chapter markers, menus, etc., not Premiere.