Harry Baules Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 Hello, I hope someone can help. I purchased a dvd movie in China. I'm back in the U.S. now and this movie only plays on one of my two dvd players. I don't know the format or how to find that out. Anyhow, I decided to rip it as I do to all my movies and then burn the iso file in IMGburn. I thought that this would make it compatible with the dvd player that wasn't recognizing it. Well the burn was successful. But it still only plays in one of my dvd players and not the other. Any ideas on how to make it compatible so that it can play on most any dvd player? I'm burning it on DVD+R media. And by the way, I've never had this problem with any dvd media on that dvd player until now.
LOCOENG Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 You might try running your ripped files through DVD Shrink to make the playback region free.
Harry Baules Posted August 30, 2008 Author Posted August 30, 2008 I actually selected that option when I burned it. The dvd still won't play on one of my dvd players.
mmalves Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Does it show any error message or simply refuses to play/freezes?
Harry Baules Posted August 30, 2008 Author Posted August 30, 2008 It says no disc but only with this movie (both the original and the backup). Could it have anything to do with this wording that it says on the original "DVD VIDEO AC-3 5.1" ?
mmalves Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Nope, those specs are very common in movie DVDs. Search for your DVD player's brand and model in this list and check if it can play PAL discs, as it could be the issue here.
LOCOENG Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 If you feel the need to try and convert your movie from PAL to NTSC a list of guides to help you can also be found here ~ http://www.videohelp.com/guides?howtoselect=4%3b41#773
Harry Baules Posted September 3, 2008 Author Posted September 3, 2008 I see the problem. The dvd is pal. The dvd player that does play this dvd is ntsc and pal. The dvd player that does not play is is NTSC only. I may be wrong but I assumed that by me checking the option on dvd shrink to allow "Region Free" would allow this dvd to play basically on any dvd in the world. Is this not so?
LOCOENG Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 Region codes and frame rates (NTSC vs. PAL) are two different things entirely. The region code tells you where you can play your DVD and in what machine, basically locked to one area of the world or another. NTSC and PAL are frame rates which are different, if your DVD player can't handle a different frame rate then it won't be able to play the video on your disc. Region codes ~ http://hometheater.about.com/cs/dvdlaserdi...egioncodesa.htm NTSC vs. PAL ~ http://neuron2.net/LVG/ntscvspal.html You can easily make a DVD region free, however changing the frame rate takes a little more doing.
Harry Baules Posted September 3, 2008 Author Posted September 3, 2008 Thanks for all the info. I didn't know any of this. I will lookup the above link to see if I can try to change the the frame rate from PAL to NTSC. You guys are great. Keep up the good work.
LOCOENG Posted September 4, 2008 Posted September 4, 2008 You are welcome...good luck and happy burning.
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