diff -u -r dvtext.orig/dvtext.h dvtext/dvtext.h
--- dvtext.orig/dvtext.h	2004-04-20 10:46:52.000000000 +0200
+++ dvtext/dvtext.h	2004-10-02 21:55:52.099967096 +0200
@@ -40,9 +40,21 @@
 #define DEFAULT_DPI		96
 #define	DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FILENAME	"out.avi"
 
+#if 0
+/* original NTSC */
 #define NTSC_WIDTH		720
 #define NTSC_HEIGHT		480
+#define NTSC_FPS		29.97
 #define DV_FRAME_SIZE_NTSC	120000
+#define USE_PAL			FALSE
+#else
+/* PAL data */
+#define NTSC_WIDTH		720
+#define NTSC_HEIGHT		576
+#define NTSC_FPS		25.0
+#define DV_FRAME_SIZE_NTSC	144000
+#define USE_PAL			TRUE
+#endif
 
 #define DEFAULT_SCROLL_YSPACING	15
 
diff -u -r dvtext.orig/fonts.c dvtext/fonts.c
--- dvtext.orig/fonts.c	2004-04-20 11:04:50.000000000 +0200
+++ dvtext/fonts.c	2004-10-02 15:27:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 	unsigned char fgcolor_b = (fgcolor & 0x000000FF) >> 0;
 
 	for (i=0; i<strlen(text); i++) {
-		ret = FT_Load_Char(face, text[i], FT_LOAD_RENDER);
+		ret = FT_Load_Char(face, (text[i]&0xff), FT_LOAD_RENDER);
 		if (ret) { fprintf(stderr, "error: FT_Load_Char failed (%d)\n", ret); return -1; }
 
 		int h,w;
diff -u -r dvtext.orig/render.c dvtext/render.c
--- dvtext.orig/render.c	2004-04-20 11:06:24.000000000 +0200
+++ dvtext/render.c	2004-10-02 21:56:31.839925704 +0200
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	AVI_set_video(avifile, 720, 480, 29.97, "DVSD");
+	AVI_set_video(avifile, NTSC_WIDTH, NTSC_HEIGHT, NTSC_FPS, "DVSD");
 	AVI_set_audio(avifile, 2, 32000, 16, 1, 0);
 
 	/* initialize libdv encoder */
 
 	encoder = dv_encoder_new(FALSE, FALSE, FALSE);
-	encoder->isPAL = FALSE;
+	encoder->isPAL = USE_PAL;
 	encoder->is16x9 = FALSE;
 	encoder->vlc_encode_passes = 3;
 	encoder->static_qno = 0;
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 			return -1;
 		}
 
-		int audiodata_size = 2 /*chan*/ * 2 /*bytes per samp*/ * 32000 /*samps/sec*/ / (float)29.97 /*frames/sec*/ ;
+		int audiodata_size = 2 /*chan*/ * 2 /*bytes per samp*/ * 32000 /*samps/sec*/ / (float)NTSC_FPS /*frames/sec*/ ;
 		char* audiodata = (char*)malloc(audiodata_size);
 		memset(audiodata, 0, audiodata_size);
 		AVI_write_audio(avifile, audiodata, audiodata_size);
@@ -172,13 +172,13 @@
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	AVI_set_video(avifile, 720, 480, 29.97, "DVSD");
+	AVI_set_video(avifile, NTSC_WIDTH, NTSC_HEIGHT, NTSC_FPS, "DVSD");
 	AVI_set_audio(avifile, 2, 32000, 16, 1, 0);
 
 	/* initialize libdv encoder */
 
 	encoder = dv_encoder_new(FALSE, FALSE, FALSE);
-	encoder->isPAL = FALSE;
+	encoder->isPAL = USE_PAL;
 	encoder->is16x9 = FALSE;
 	encoder->vlc_encode_passes = 3;
 	encoder->static_qno = 0;
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 			return -1;
 		}
 
-		int audiodata_size = 2 /*chan*/ * 2 /*bytes per samp*/ * 32000 /*samps/sec*/ / (float)29.97 /*frames/sec*/ ;
+		int audiodata_size = 2 /*chan*/ * 2 /*bytes per samp*/ * 32000 /*samps/sec*/ / (float)NTSC_FPS /*frames/sec*/ ;
 		char* audiodata = (char*)malloc(audiodata_size);
 		memset(audiodata, 0, audiodata_size);
 		AVI_write_audio(avifile, audiodata, audiodata_size);