ClutchFans is capable of answering any question (or at least provide a smart-ass answer) so here's another. I used iDVD on my Macbook to make a DVD of a recent vacation. I don't have a burner on the Macbook, so I saved it as an image file to export. In case you didn't know, iDVD seems to only export it as a *.img file which seems fine by me. Also, I want to make this DVD a PAL region DVD for my gf's parents. This option is in the preferences of iDVD, and I set it up as so. So I copy that file over to my Gateway laptop which has a burner. I used a free program off the net, called DVD Decrypter to burn the .img file. Now I expect to NOT be able to watch it on my DVD player, correct? I'm in Florida, I have a Sony DVD player that's maybe 4 years old, but I'm still able to view it. I thought I should only be able to watch NTSC DVD's, and yet I'm able to watch what's supposed to be a PAL DVD. So are all of my assumptions correct? If so, I must have made a mistake which still makes the DVD NTSC. Does the software which handles burning also be configured to burn as PAL or is this strictly a component of the file itself? TIA.
You might have either made it 0 region which means any 0 region player can play the dvd. I have a 6 year old DVD Player that plays everything you throw at it. from Region 2 and 3 dvds to old crappy vcds and svcds. I guess it really depends on the dvd player you play it on, I don't think you made a mistake, it could very well still be PAL.
I'm a noob when it comes to this stuff. So when you say 'rip', are you also including burning? I always interpreted ripping as only copying a dvd, not the burning part. Anyways, I hope you and bladeage are right! That possibility never occurred to me. I was about to make go through the hassle of making both an NTSC and PAL version.
Ripping is only copying. But yes when you rip with Decrypter it removed the region protection, making it region free.
PAL is a different animal than the Region Protection. You have to jump through more hoops to get it from NTSC to PAL.
I don't think your DVD player cares whether it is PAL or NTSC. Unlike VCRs, DVD players can deal with either as the only significance is the standardized resolutions and framerates in which the video is encoded. See this website for more info: http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Articles/PALvsNTSC/PALvsNTSC.asp
Yeah, you guys are right. I was confusing NTSC/PAL standards for region encoding. I want to make sure this dvd can play on a typical Chinese dvd player. With the frequently bootlegging and all I'm assuming that many of their dvd players are probably region free anyways (they sell plenty of those in North American Chinatowns at least). From what Rockets 007 said, it sounds like my dvd is region free and should be fine. I just wish I could test it somehow to make sure.
