Copy region 1 to region 2

[pietjg]

Hey there,
I,m a newbee and have a question .
My wife had buy a music-dvd in londen last year and she don,t know that the DVD was region 1 (NTSC).
Is it possible to copy the dvd to region 2(PAL) and what kind of software i need?
The dvd is not for sale in region 2 version.
Maybe this is a stupped question but is there someone who can help me.

[FulciLives]

This can be done but is a daunting task for most newbies.

Here is a website with some info you will need:

http://www.geocities.com/xesdeeni2001/StandardsConversion/

Following the section labeled:
VI. PAL (Video) DVD (25i Fps) -> NTSC DVD (29.97i Fps)

That should work for you

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[mrsoul1952]

Maybe I'm missing something but I go from Region 2 PAL to Region 1 NTSC all the time just using DVD Shrink to rip and Nero to burn.

[mrsoul1952]

Oops! Sorry, I wasn't thinking. DVD Shrink converts the region coding
but I'm still playing the copy on an all-region player with a PAL->NTSC converter.

So there isn't any easy way to convert from PAL to NTSC or NTSC to PAL. It's easier to buy an all-region player.

[FulciLives]

Don't confuse region code info with video format (PAL or NTSC).

NTSC can be region free or region 1 or region 2 or region 3 etc.

PAL can be region free or region 2

If you simply make a DVD region free it will still be PAL or NTSC unless you change that by either re-encoding it or you can use a DVD player that converts PAL<--->NTSC

Also please note that not all REGION FREE DVD players do conversion. For instance I have a PIONEER that is region free but will output PAL as PAL and NTSC as NTSC. However I have a Cyberhome that will convert PAL to NTSC or NTSC to PAL.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[pietjg]

Thanks for the reply,
I try the options!
You hear from me when i succeed or fail,

Thanks.

[pietjg]

It still wont work,because there is a copy protection on the DVD.
Is there someone how knows to fix this problem?

[FulciLives]

It still wont work,because there is a copy protection on the DVD.
Is there someone how knows to fix this problem?

Well this is pretty basic stuff pietjg so maybe you need to do some more reading of guides and whatnot but all you have to do is RIP the movie from your DVD drive to your HDD using DVD DECRYPTER in FILE MODE or ISO MODE.

Either way the copy protection and region code information will be removed.

Since you are trying to process the video further (NTSC to PAL) then you want to use FILE MODE.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[rhegedus]

DVD Decrypter will remove region protection if you rip the DVD to hard drive.

If you want to watch NTSC format on a PAL system, you should not have any problems since PAL systems can handle NTSC.

Rip, compress, burn, watch.

[FulciLives]

DVD Decrypter will remove region protection if you rip the DVD to hard drive.

If you want to watch NTSC format on a PAL system, you should not have any problems since PAL systems can handle NTSC.

Rip, compress, burn, watch.

Well not ALL people who live in a PAL country have equipment that can handle both PAL and NTSC although that is much more common than in the USA where most (like 99%) of video equipment is NTSC only.

Also if you do the NTSC to PAL conversion on the computer you will get sightly better quality unless your DVD player and your TV are both truely multi-system and thus capable of a true NTSC signal and not some converted on the fly form of NTSC or a "fake" version of NTSC which I think it called PAL 60 or PAL 50 or something like that.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[rhegedus]

Well not ALL people who live in a PAL country have equipment that can handle both PAL and NTSC although that is much more common than in the USA where most (like 99%) of video equipment is NTSC only.

Also if you do the NTSC to PAL conversion on the computer you will get sightly better quality unless your DVD player and your TV are both truely multi-system and thus capable of a true NTSC signal and not some converted on the fly form of NTSC or a "fake" version of NTSC which I think it called PAL 60 or PAL 50 or something like that.

It's correct that not all people who live in a PAL country have equipment that can handle both PAL and NTSC............ only about 98%.

This subject was discussed in a previous post:

Can we convert an NTSC DVD to PAL DVD-R without re-encoding?

From what I understand, if the DVD player can convert NTSC to PAL (and nearly all PAL DVD players can), there's no need for the TV to accept a NTSC signal since the DVD player has already taken care of it.

[FulciLives]

From what I understand, if the DVD player can convert NTSC to PAL (and nearly all PAL DVD players can), there's no need for the TV to accept a NTSC signal since the DVD player has already taken care of it.

Well in the USA there are few DVD players that can CORRECTLY convert PAL to NTSC for our NTSC only televisions.

So I don't know if PAL countries have the same problem i.e., few DVD players that do NTSC to PAL conversion CORRECTLY.

Also you CAN and OFTEN WILL get better conversion quality when done on a computer.

My point was the only way you can get BEST quality is to not convert at all which means a true multi-system DVD player and TV display.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[rhegedus]

Right, so there's no need for this then:

Following the section labeled:
VI. PAL (Video) DVD (25i Fps) -> NTSC DVD (29.97i Fps)

That should work for you

He may well, get slightly better results of he converts the NTSC video to PAL video, but the likelyhood is that he won't have to and if he does, it won't be worth it.

[FulciLives]

Right, so there's no need for this then:

Following the section labeled:
VI. PAL (Video) DVD (25i Fps) -> NTSC DVD (29.97i Fps)

That should work for you

He may well, get slightly better results of he converts the NTSC video to PAL video, but the likelyhood is that he won't have to and if he does, it won't be worth it.

Well I'm bad I quoted the wrong section. I'm used to doing PAL to NTSC and not vice versa.

But the website I linked too does have info on NTSC to PAL in another section entitled:

VII. NTSC (Video) DVD (29.97i Fps) -> PAL DVD (25i Fps)

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[rhegedus]

Yep, read the link - 21 unnecessary steps.

I've ripped loads of R1 NTSC and burned straight to DVD without any problems or loss in quality when viewed on any of the DVD players I use.

Maybe I'm lucky.

[FulciLives]

Yep, read the link - 21 unnecessary steps.

I've ripped loads of R1 NTSC and burned straight to DVD without any problems or loss in quality when viewed on any of the DVD players I use.

Maybe I'm lucky.

Or maybe you don't have the best of eyes (or trained eyes as to know what to look for etc.) and/or you aren't "anal" about quality which is something I must admit I am.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[rhegedus]

Or maybe you don't have the best of eyes (or trained eyes as to know what to look for etc.) and/or you aren't "anal" about quality which is something I must admit I am.

Oooohhhhhh - decisions, decisions.