DVD9 to DVD+R DL Reg Conv to Play on Commercial DVD Player?

[GeekStarPilot]

I have purchased a DVD for my father that is only available in the USA and has a Region 1 coding. His basic Pansonic DVD player (about 12 months old) is region locked on Region Code 4 (Australia).

I would like to burn him with a region-free clone of this DVD so that he can play it on his DVD player. TV format conversion (i.e. NTSC to PAL) is not required because his DVD player and TV supports NTSC playback.

NOTE: I will be giving him the original DVD as well. I'm not trying to break copyright. I am just get around the ridiculously restrictive region coding system.

I have a Pioneer DVR-108 DVD Burner (Firmware Ver 1.18) that supports burning DVD+R DL disks.

The specific questions I would like to ask before I go off and make a large number of expensive coasters are:

1) It is possible to clone a commercial DVD9 disk to a DVD+R DL disk and have the DVD+R DL clone disk play correctly on a basic commercial DVD player?

2) It is possible to remove or convert the region coding of the original DVD during the above burning process?

3) What is the most appropriate software (DVDSnrink?, DVD-Decrypter?, etc) and process to follow to achieve my desired outcome...a link to another forum item or web site would be OK.

Thanks in advance to all who reply.

Regards,
GeekStarPilot

[yoda313]

Hello,

If its a dual layer recordable then use dvd decrypter in iso read/write mode. Then set it to "REGION FREE" and you'll have no problems whatsoever.

Kevin

(note DL media isn't PERFECTED by anymeans. You'll have to find out whether or not the inteded dvd player likes the media/methods used. Also if all else fails you can always use a dvd5 recordable with dvdshrink for just the main movie or shrink the whole disc (keeping the entire disc will result in lower quality).

[GeekStarPilot]

Kevin,

Thanks for your reply.

Things worked great first go...no expensive coasters made.

I am assuming that problems with the media is the biggest cause of unwanted coasters being made. Am I correct in assuming that if I stick with higher quality media (like the Verbatim disk I used for this project) I will lower the chance of making unwanted, expensive coasters.

Regards,
GeekStarPilot