Black and White DVDs on home player only

[99cappy]

Help !

I have burnt 2 DVDs now that play perfectly on my computer (Power DVD) but when I put them in my home DVD Player ( Panasonic ) they are in black and white.

Any ideas as to why this might be happening?

Any advice will be appreaciated.

[jimmalenko]

This is the classic behaviour of PAL/NTSC problems. I'd say that your DVD player can't play the format you're trying to play.

[Nilfennasion]

Without knowing what the content of the disc is, and exactly what you're trying to play it on, it's hard to say...

[99cappy]

The video is : Peter Frampton Live in Detroit.

I am using NERO 6 to create a DVD disk and restored the video_TS files to a directory. Like I said, the DVD plays perfectly in my computers DVD drive but B&W in my home unit.

My home DVD player : Panasonic DVD-S35

Is there other buring software that can maybe get around this problem as my Panasonic machine is brand new and I would hate to think I bought the wrond DVD player to meet my needs.


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[deckard8]

What country are you in?
Using NTSC or PAL system for TV?
A dvd burned as an NTSC disc will display black and white on
a PAL tv.

[monzie]

Older PAL TV's cant handle NTSC correctly (the loss of the colour signal is typical ), and I dont think typical NTSC TV's can handle PAL at all.

I doubt there is anything wrong with your DVD player. Try the disk on another TV.

[99cappy]

I have successfully burnt DVD in the past and was able to play them on my DVD Player/ TV.

I tried the DVD on another DVD player and another TV with the same result.

Is there a way to insure that a DVD is burnt in NTSC format?

My country - Canada

[bugster]

I have successfully burnt DVD in the past and was able to play them on my DVD Player/ TV.

I tried the DVD on another DVD player and another TV with the same result.

Is there a way to insure that a DVD is burnt in NTSC format?

My country - Canada

If they ar authored as PAL, they burn as PAL.

There are several guides and numerous threads on PAL to NTSC conversion (and vice versa), do a search.

Or you could go down your local store and buy a cheap player that converts PAL to NTSC internally.

[99cappy]

I checked my manual for my DVD player and it says it supports both PAL and NTSC.

So....please correct me if I am wrong.

My TV does not support PAL or NTSC and that is why my video is B&W.

[bugster]

My TV does not support PAL or NTSC and that is why my video is B&W.

It certainly looks that way.

Check your DVD player manual again, it may be able to convert from PAL to NTSC too!

[jimmalenko]

My TV does not support PAL or NTSC and that is why my video is B&W.

It certainly looks that way.

ummmm ... it's gotta support one of them ...

[draganong]

Heh, maybe is SECAM.

[smearbrick1]

Is this DVD the result of a capture of the aforementioned video or backup of the original dvd?

[Nilfennasion]

Perhaps it should be added to the FAQs that PCs generally do not care if you play a PAL or NTSC disc on them, but TVs and settop DVD players are a whole different matter. Many a time, I have been asked why disc X or disc Y plays in black and white or with rolling vertical sync by people who just assume their equipment will play back anything.

[HatchetMan]

My TV does not support PAL or NTSC and that is why my video is B&W.

It certainly looks that way.

Check your DVD player manual again, it may be able to convert from PAL to NTSC too!

Just becasue the player supports both formats doesn't mean it will automatically switch to the proper one. If this is the case, then there's gotta be a button on the remote to switch between PAL and NTSC like my COBY DVD-227.

[99cappy]

The video files that I am trying to restore to a DVD were downloaded off the internet via Bittorrent.

The total download is a VIDEO_TS directory filled with the required files to play the DVD. I uses NERO 6 to create a DVD. The NERO program adds the required AUDIO_TS directory and then requires me to insert the files for the VIDEO_TS directory.

Every DVD that I have restored with NERO has produced this B&W effect on all my TVs but play perfectly in my computer.

This is what I am wondering.........Is there a buring program that will force the burn to be a PAL / NSTC or is the format (PAL/NSTC) set in stone when the DVD is made?

You are in breach of the forum rules and are being issued with a formal warning. No warez!
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[Nilfennasion]

First, you're veering on the edge of announcing that you're trying to make discs of pirated content.

Second, the framerate, resolution, and colour system of the video files are pretty much set when they are originally created. So if they are PAL, they would be so when you downloaded them. You cannot add PAL files to a disc and tell the burning program to just burn it as NTSC - they have to be converted first. Converting them, however, will always introduce artefacts, the most obvious being an interlacing effect where every second frame is a blurring-together of the ones before and after.

[tekkieman]

First, you're veering on the edge of announcing that you're trying to make discs of pirated content.

Veering is over, and we've gone crashing through the guardrail. Title is a released DVD that was downloaded through BitTorrent. Not much grey area there!

[99cappy]

First, you're veering on the edge of announcing that you're trying to make discs of pirated content.

No Sir......family videos......

Thanks for the second part of your reply. Actually, a thanks to everybody that took the time to help me understand all this stuff.

[Nilfennasion]

By golly, you're right. Not that I particularly care, but I suppose if the site was intended to be help in the art of piracy, it would have been called PirateHelp.

[tekkieman]

...but I suppose if the site was intended to be help in the art of piracy, it would have been called PirateHelp.

[99cappy]

Just trying to understand all this new tech..........that is all.

Everybody downloads stuff off the internet and if someone tells you that they don't then they would be lying.

Pirating an artist's material is wrong. IMHO, you are pirating when you make copies and then try to make a profit of the artist's performance or recordings. Simply downloading them and viewing them at home is a very common practice in these times.

I have a simple personal policy. I will download and check out selected DVD, MP3s etc......if I find that the download is worthy of my personal collection, I preceed to the local music shop/video store and purchase the release.

All these artists are not stupid. They know people are checking out thier material but just not in the same way we were foreced to check music out before in the past. With the aviability of broadband speeds and the hundreds of files sharing programs, the door is wide open for this kind of activity......the key is to use the internet and high speed connections to PREVIEW releases before buying them.

Personally....I find no harm in that.

[tekkieman]

Personally, under those conditions, neither do I. That is not the point. The point is that discussions of that nature are against the forum rules. The forum rules exist to protect the forum. We want them to be here when we need tham, don't we?

[jimmalenko]

The video is : Peter Frampton Live in Detroit.

The video files that I am trying to restore to a DVD were downloaded off the internet via Bittorrent.

Available to buy here:
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/movie/pid/1281856/a/Peter+Frampton++Live+in+Detroit.htm

What is warez? Obtained IP (intellectual property: software/music/movies) either through download, serial, or crack in a manner that either explicitly or implied breaks the copyright or license for that IP.

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[Capmaster]

Warez is not tolerated here.