TOSHIBA playback

[djharvey]

I am newbie to this, so aplogies if my query has been covered before. I converted a large .avi file using CONVERTXTODVD. I then transferred the VIDEO_TS folder to my laptop and burned a dvd using Imgburn. I can play the burned dvd (PAL/region2) ok on the pc, but when I try it in my set top Toshiba SD330 domestic dvd player, it says "PLAYBACK RESTRICTED". Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

[kevdriver]

djharvey, Your toshiba stand alone player might not be able to playback the PAL format. Depending on where you live, you may have to have NTSC format for correct playback.

[djharvey]

Thanks for the reply. I am based in the UK and the stand alone player is PAL region 2. The first disc I burned actually defaulted to NTSC which the player would not read - I think the error message was "NOT PAL". As mentioned, for the last disc I burned, I specified both PAL and Region2, which should match the player.

[zacoz]

Can you post a log of the burn - just in case there is something there that jumps out at someone as unusual. From the menu, Help --> ImgBurn Logs will open the directory where the logs are stored. Error on the player is very specific however.

[Kenadjian]

Thanks for the reply. I am based in the UK and the stand alone player is PAL region 2. The first disc I burned actually defaulted to NTSC which the player would not read - I think the error message was "NOT PAL". As mentioned, for the last disc I burned, I specified both PAL and Region2, which should match the player.

 

How did you manage to do this? I'm not aware of any setting that will convert from NTSC to PAL.

[djharvey]

What I meant was that I run CONVERTXTODVD again, this time specifying PAL. I then transferred the VIDEO_TS folder to my laptop and burned a dvd using Imgburn for Region2. I also specified LEVEL1 for ISO9660 restrictions. It plays ok on my pc's but when I try it in my set top Toshiba SD330 domestic dvd player (UK - PAL - Region2) it says "PLAYBACK RESTRICTED". Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

[zacoz]

Are you specifying "ISO9660 & UDF" as the filesystem when building it in ImgBurn?

 

Am I missing something, how did you set ImgBurn to burn the disc as Region 2?

[lfcrule1972]

You can't set the region coding via ImgBurn and I didn't think you could do it via ConvertXtoDVD either.

 

Does the Toshiba play other DVDs that you have burnt ?

[djharvey]

I did another burn (no changes) and this time the dvd plays ok. I think the previous burn must have been no good - I will post log next time I get any problems. Maybe also it is advisable not to just get the cheapest blank discs. Bye the way, you can select the region in ConvertXtoDVD.

Thanks for your help.

[lfcrule1972]

Thanks for the update - you are right that cheap discs can give you far more problems than the more expensive but more reliable Taiyo Yudens and Verbatims.