Everything points to saying ths DVD-r SHOULD work.

[teph-lon]

I ripped a region 1 DVD with DVD Decryptor using the guide linked from this site.

Then used DVD Shrink to compress it. I made sure it was on 'Region Free', just like all my other DVD-r backups.

Burned using Record Now Max with a Princo 4x DVD-r on an LG 4081b.

Burning went fine but when I go to play the DVD in any of my 2 DVD drives, PS2, or DVD standalone player, I get a 'this player is incompatible with the region markings of this cd' with a blue background.

The weird thing is that I have done the above steps exactly like that before with other region 1 DVD's and had no problems. The only different variable is the DVD title.

When I check the problem burned DVD-r with IFOedit and press 'region free', it says 'No RCE checking found in this IFO'.

Also when I check it with DVD Decrypter, it says 'Region, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 - RCE Protection: No : Copyright Protection System Type: None'

So it SHOULD work right?

Did I miss anything?

[disturbed1]

Sometimes, region encoding is found in more than one IFO.

Try-

Load VIDEO_TS.IFO in IFO Edit, and hit get VTS Sectors. This will load all of the IFOs. Then region free each IFO file for each VTS.

[teph-lon]

I just tried that.^^^

Each IFO said 'No RCE checking found in this IFO'. I saved the files into a new folder anyways.

So do you think this is the problem? Should I still go ahead and reburn? or will it just waste a disc?

[budz]

Use a RW disc that way you won't waste a dvd-r.

[jeex]

what version of dvd decrypter are you using?

some of the older versions had trouble picking up on RCE on some discs.

[teph-lon]

Use a RW disc that way you won't waste a dvd-r.

true.

I'm using DVD Decrypter v3.2.1.0

[gitreel]

version 3.2.2.0 is out

[jeex]

i'd try ripping the discs again, this time in iso/read mode. mount the iso through daemon tools & then transcode it again.. then use powerdvd to see if it will let you play it without any problems.. if it doesnt, go through every ifo & bup with dvd decrypter and check it for rce.

what movie is it?

[teph-lon]

To save time, can I use the original rip files on my harddrive and turn that into ISO?

And what do you mean by transcode again?

[teph-lon]

the .vob's of the files I'm burning work fine in Power DVD. Don't know if that means anything.

[turk690]

You can, as a 1st step on DVD-RW deliberately create a Region 1 DVD only (or whatever region your DVD players are marked with) by checking such box on DVDSHrink and try playing that. Alternatively, on DVDSHrink, do not check region free; rather, individually check boxes for regions 1,2,3,4,5,6. There are distinctions between 'region free' (actually region 0), 'all-region' (1,2,3,4,5,6), and special regions (7,8); some DVD players are smart enough NOT to play region-free, or if 7 & 8 are also enabled on a DVD.