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I've searched on Yahoo Answers and every answer seems to be links to guides on how to burn DVDs. I know how to burn a DVD. I simply want to know if it automatically becomes region free when I make a burnt copy or what exactly I have to do to make it region free. I don't want to know all the other steps of burning - just how to get it region free so it would play on my DVD player.
"If you're trying to play a formerly region 2 disc on a region 1 player, it still may not work because Europe (and others) uses the PAL video format while North America (and others) uses the NTSC format. If this is the case, you'll have to either get a player that can handle PAL or completely remake the dvd."
How will I know if it won't work? It definitely is PAL. And how would I "completely remake the dvd"?
Answer
The software used to rip/decrypt the original dvd can remove the region coding as it copies if you turn that feature on (or you can use DVDShrink later as Sniper said). The writing (burning) to a new disc doesn't do anything with it.
If you're trying to play a formerly region 2 disc on a region 1 player, it still may not work because Europe (and others) uses the PAL video format while North America (and others) uses the NTSC format. If this is the case, you'll have to either get a player that can handle PAL or completely remake the dvd.
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PAL dvd movies are usually 720x576 pixels at 25 frames/sec while NTSC is 720x480 at (approx.) 30 fps (PAL dvd's are also usually speed up including audio pitch by 4% but that's another matter..). Only some North American players can play PAL (and output NTSC on the fly). From what I've read, it seems Philips players and some LG are good for this. You can find out if it'll work, of course, by putting the disc in the player and seeing if the movie plays :) Or check online if anyone's posted information about your player model. Searching here is a good place to start: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers (sometimes region-free codes will be posted there too if someone knows one). If it's not there, google the make and model number and "play PAL" or similar. The forums at videohelp.com may have some discussions on cheap PAL-playing players too (or make an account and ask). I have an older Sony player that will not play PAL at all (it gives a region code error message which really isn't accurate but anyway..) and a Magnavox dvd recorder that plays PAL but it's choppy.
By remake the dvd, I mean create a new dvd using dvd-authoring software with the movie as input. If the software can do this (and it should if it's the all-in-one type like DVD Flick), it will be re-encoded but with NTSC properties. Hopefully the video quality won't suffer too much in the conversion.
The software used to rip/decrypt the original dvd can remove the region coding as it copies if you turn that feature on (or you can use DVDShrink later as Sniper said). The writing (burning) to a new disc doesn't do anything with it.
If you're trying to play a formerly region 2 disc on a region 1 player, it still may not work because Europe (and others) uses the PAL video format while North America (and others) uses the NTSC format. If this is the case, you'll have to either get a player that can handle PAL or completely remake the dvd.
---Edit (after additional details)---
PAL dvd movies are usually 720x576 pixels at 25 frames/sec while NTSC is 720x480 at (approx.) 30 fps (PAL dvd's are also usually speed up including audio pitch by 4% but that's another matter..). Only some North American players can play PAL (and output NTSC on the fly). From what I've read, it seems Philips players and some LG are good for this. You can find out if it'll work, of course, by putting the disc in the player and seeing if the movie plays :) Or check online if anyone's posted information about your player model. Searching here is a good place to start: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers (sometimes region-free codes will be posted there too if someone knows one). If it's not there, google the make and model number and "play PAL" or similar. The forums at videohelp.com may have some discussions on cheap PAL-playing players too (or make an account and ask). I have an older Sony player that will not play PAL at all (it gives a region code error message which really isn't accurate but anyway..) and a Magnavox dvd recorder that plays PAL but it's choppy.
By remake the dvd, I mean create a new dvd using dvd-authoring software with the movie as input. If the software can do this (and it should if it's the all-in-one type like DVD Flick), it will be re-encoded but with NTSC properties. Hopefully the video quality won't suffer too much in the conversion.
How do i get my onn dvd player on my universal remote?
Candie Bay
So my dvd player remote broke and I tried to put my dvd player to my universal remote but onn is not on the list its a cogeco remote for my cable and my other dvd player is hooked up to my other remote (its a magnivox) but for some reason onn is not on the list, is onn owned by a company that's on the list? The dvd player is a cheap one so I figure it might be with another company.
Answer
According to the answer from the following question in Yahoo,
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080520041054AAd3TC1
I think what you need to do is to find out the code for your universal remote control, good luck
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Wilson from Daniusoft DVD Ripper
http://www.daniusoft.com/dvd-ripper.html
According to the answer from the following question in Yahoo,
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080520041054AAd3TC1
I think what you need to do is to find out the code for your universal remote control, good luck
-------------------------------------------
Wilson from Daniusoft DVD Ripper
http://www.daniusoft.com/dvd-ripper.html
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