Converting NTSC AVIs to PAL

From: Felix Rawlings (fraw_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/11/05 

Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:02:30 GMT

  Anybody know if there is a foolproof way of converting NTSC AVI files to
PAL AVIs, while preserving the quality of the orginal NTSC input? I have
tried a number of tools based on mencode/transcode/mplayer/mplex, etc.,
like tovid, any2vob, etc., and the quality of the resulting PAL AVI seems
to be rather poor - with lots of pixelation and smears and blurs when the
image moves fast.

  Suggestions, anyone?