Need help fixing DVD made in Cambodia

[pbilly]

hi, i'm new to this forum, i recently went to cambodia and got married, i had a dvd made of my 2 day wedding, when i got hopme back in the states i found my 2 dvds would not play in any dvd players only in my computers dvd player, and they freeze up all the time, i have been trying to fix them, ewiyh nero software, but i keep getting error messages, and cannot seem to fix. does anyone know what softwhare tro use to make new dvds that will work in dvd players off of these disks, and how i can do this, or know where i might send thise and get them fixed, any help would be apreciated, i have the hardware to make dvds on my laptop, and i have access to all kinds of software, thanks in advance, billy

i paid a great deal of money to have these made they are very good quality, just like a movie, they just have errors on them and won't play on stand alone dvd players. they made vcdss for my wifes family in cambodia, and they are fine, but thought dvds would be better for me, aparently they were not as skilled in making dvds please help if you can

[benbryant]

Hi pbilly,

I am afraid that your wedding DVDs could be created under PAL format with the not good enough DVD media. Your DVD Player can only play NTSC DVDs and converting DVDs from PAL to NTSC is not an easy task at all. I would strongly recommend you to shop for DVD player which can play both PAL and NTSC format

Regards

[raddad]

It could also be your DVD player is not capable of playing the type of disc IE +R or-R,or even +RDL or-RDL.Put the disc in your computer and run Imgburn.It will tell you what type it is.Do you know what discs your players are capable of playing?

[pbilly]

its dvd plusr

its dvd plus r, i've tried to dvd playerds so far, mine has worked on everything else i've tried. i was thinking if i could get it to rum in another computer, and run the output into this computer i could capture it live, but it locks up? that could create a problem. any suggestions, becouse if i could get a proper dvd i could copy and send to relatives, thanks
billy

[raddad]

What brand/model are your players?Are the discs dirty? Try cleaning them.
I'm just suggesting some basic ideas.Do you have any experience with this DVD stuff at all,so I don't state the obvious?

[blutach]

Does it have an adhesive label on it? If so, remove it.

Regards

[pbilly]

sonydvd pq1, and yes know some basics, thanks

[raddad]

From PQ1 Specs::
Agile enough to spin your movies and music, and small enough for your office, apartment, kitchen, or bedroom, Sony's MP3-friendly DVP-PQ1 Psyc-model DVD player brings healthy doses of style and convenience to your busy life. Play your favorite movies, your homemade music mixes, and even your DVD-based home videos on video-mode DVD-R/DVD-RW). The clear, fan-shaped cover on the player's lid opens to let you customize the player's appearance, and Sony provides a design sheet to get you started.
You said the disc you have is a plus R so its not compatible.

[pbilly]

i did the, spped nero scan disk, and it said that, my file system was fine but forty two percent of my disk was unreadable, wgen it did the surface scan, and it said it was in pal. if i copy this to a dvd minus r, would this help, and what would be the best way to do it thanks
billy, it has a custom label with pictures of me and my bride, thanks again , billy

[raddad]

I have no experience with the PAL to NTSC conversion but try reading here http://forum.digital-digest.com/show...light=PAL+NTSC
Or do as Benbryant suggested,

I am afraid that your wedding DVDs could be created under PAL format with the not good enough DVD media. Your DVD Player can only play NTSC DVDs and converting DVDs from PAL to NTSC is not an easy task at all. I would strongly recommend you to shop for DVD player which can play both PAL and NTSC format

[techreactor]

Buying a multi-format (NTSC/PAL) DVD player is a much much better solution than going through a painful conversion process.

[pbilly]

thats what i"ll do but, i want to copy these so i can send to relatives, when i try to copy i. always get a error what do you suggest i do, i f i want to make copies. and if i buy a new dvd player, any suggestions? , when i have this new player will the movie still freeze, you think? becouse i will try to do a live capture to dvd, then i can send those to my relatives.
ewhat woyld be the best way to do this, with what program. i could capture to my computer then make the dvd from that copy.
thanks for all the help. i also thought i could just take my sony cam corder which stores to a buiolt in dvd, just make a live copy straight to cam cordewr off of computer

[soup]

I think you are always going to come back to that 42% unreadable.Is there anyway you can get a hold of original that dvd was made from?

[pbilly]

i don't know, i thgink all there is besides are vcd's that were made i'll try to find out, but it's hard i don"t speak cambodiam, and wife speaks just a little american, what does that mean on the surface test when it says 42 percent unreadable, but 100 percent file system ok on other test?
thanks
billy

[pbilly]

limited by area restrictions

what does it mean wqhen i try to play on standalone dvd player, and i get message , plaback limited by area restrictions, thanks
billy