how to create a DVD that will play in zone 1 DVD player

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  • campione
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Aug 2005
    • 4
    #1

    how to create a DVD that will play in zone 1 DVD player

    summary: I want to watch a zone 2 DVD in a zone 1 DVD player connected to my TV (not PC). Approach: make a copy that is zone 1 or zone free. hasn't worked. Looking for suggestions.

    here is what I have done:
    I purchased a DVD in Germany (zone 2) before I understood about geographical restrictions. I can play this DVD on my PC, but I want to play it on my DVD player upstairs in the family room (with TV etc). Naturally I get the geographical restriction from my american made DVD player. I have tried making a back up with DVDShrink (with "region free" checked) and Nero, which produced a nice DVD replica which although plays nicely on my PC, still is blocked by my american DVD player.

    Seeking help!
    thanks
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    • jmet
      Super Moderator
      • Nov 2002
      • 8697
      #2
      Not only do you have to make it "region free", you also need to convert the signal from PAL to NTSC.

      Learn how to convert NTSC files to PAL format and vice-versa here: http://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?...or+List+Guides

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        • campione
          Junior Member
          Junior Member
          • Aug 2005
          • 4
          #3
          zone free and zone 1 in DVDShrink failed...

          just thought I'd add that I have tried setting the regio in DVDShrink to region free and also just to zone 1. Both generated the geographical restrictions error on my DVD player (and both played without problem on my PC).

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            • campione
              Junior Member
              Junior Member
              • Aug 2005
              • 4
              #4
              file type question (PAL -> NTSC)

              JMET,
              thanks, this makes sense now that you mention it. I got TMGEnc but it didn't recognize any of my DVD files -- I was hoping it would grab the directory created by DVDShrink, but unfortunately not only did it not do that, it didn't recognize any of the files created by DVDShrink. So I got stumped at the "start". There are a ton of file converters out there...do you know which file type DVDShrink creates (called DVD Movie in the windows explorer type field). I suspect I need to convert these into AVI files so that TMGEnc can recognize and then convert the PAL Avi to a NTSC file of some type. Then presumably I'll need to convert it back from whatever file NTSC file type is generated by TMGEnc to whatever a DVD Movile file is so that Nero can actually burn the files to a DVD....

              sounds complicated! Guidance appreciated
              thx

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                • campione
                  Junior Member
                  Junior Member
                  • Aug 2005
                  • 4
                  #5
                  OK, I give up. I found the following excellent link: http://www.intuitive.com/blog/the_be...ps_dvp642.html
                  and decided that $78.98 + $20 shipping was a better soln for a piece of hardware that would just play my zone 2 PAL DVD's on my US NTSC TV.
                  thanks for the help however...

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