Burning DVD Files

[botijr]

I have a Question. I recently burnt a dvd and all the files appear to be correct, but when i put it in the player it says "incorrect disc". I have never had this problem before...any ideas? It does work perfectly on the computer dvd just not regular dvd players.

[LT. Columbo]

what software was used to burn? have you used these discs in the player before with success? what is the media ID of the discs?

[ajp]

My bet is that it is a PAL disc and you have an NTSC dvd player or vice versa

[photo_angel2004]

Are you using DVD+R or DVD-R?
I have the same problem with DVD+R how ever DVD-R work great.

[sonic_emperor]

wow,i never though there could be a problem with the players and formats/pal-ntsc...is there any player that works with both?

its weird that dvd+r wont work,i thought they were more compatible with players than -Rs

[ajp]

The funny thing about players is the cheaper ones tend to be able to play both PAL and NTSC. The high end ones usually can't.

[sonic_emperor]

yes so i noticed when it comes to divx / xvid movies

i had a h.end toshiba,and it always had problems,and my new exellero or sth like that works with every disc i put in it...

[LT. Columbo]

it's true. my el cheapo "sungale" plays everything. my much more expensive toshiba only likes -R and NTSC no PAL.

[photo_angel2004]

I have to agree with the cheap players I bout a real cheap one for $20.00 for my son his plays every thing that my High end Toshiba will not play.

[techreactor]

The funny thing about players is the cheaper ones tend to be able to play both PAL and NTSC. The high end ones usually can't.

for the others you have to change one of the counters in the ROM to "0" i.e. region free.

[botijr]

Thanks for replying.

I didn't expect replys so quickly, thanks. I have burnt a ton of movies and never had this issue before. How do you tell whether its PAL or NTSC. Is there some way of knowing the diff. I mean the file plays perfect on my comp.

[soup]

My guess is you are using dvd+R media?

[ajp]

I didn't expect replys so quickly, thanks. I have burnt a ton of movies and never had this issue before. How do you tell whether its PAL or NTSC. Is there some way of knowing the diff. I mean the file plays perfect on my comp.

computers are perfectly able to play both NTSC and PAL. IFOedit will be able to tell you if it is PAL or not.

[botijr]

your right...now how do i fix it

My bet is that it is a PAL disc and you have an NTSC dvd player or vice versa

I tried IfoEdit and it is PAL. Is there a way of converting the file without losing anything? And thank you all for your help. It's been most helpfull.

[ajp]

I tried IfoEdit and it is PAL. Is there a way of converting the file without losing anything? And thank you all for your help. It's been most helpfull.

You can try and just patch the pal info to NTSC using ifoedit. Simply change all instances of PAL to NTSC