Software to determine NTSC or PAL DVD-R

[Lynne]

I've got a DVD-R that I want to copy for a friend. He says his player will only play NTSC DVDs. I have no idea if the DVD I have is NTSC or PAL. It plays just fine on my DVD player (Apex 1500 which I looked up and it will play both). He suggested some tools to use to determine if it is NTSC or PAL, however they are for PeeCees and I don't seem to find anything similar for Macs. I've tried the Mac DVD Player, VLC, and Quicktime (which won't open anything, of course).

Any suggestions and what software to use?

Lynne

[thomasbbb]

pop the DVDr in your mac, then start-up OSEx, click on the "Vid" button and it will tell you if it's PAL or NTSC...

hope that helps.

[thomasbbb]

sorry, I forgot to mention, if you don't have OSEx, use Macupdate to locate it..

[Lynne]

I tried using that. It bombs everytime - or rather it 'uexpectedly quits'.
If I start OSEx before putting in the DVD, it bombs as soon as the DVD mounts. If I start OSEx after the DVD has already mounted, it quits right away. I do have the latest version of it also.

I just updated to 10.2.6, so I don't know if that is the problem or what.