How To Determine What Region An AVI Is ?

[wee haggis]

I have an XVID that is 25fps.
I realize that the original source would be PAL but is it not true to say that most rippers (including Smartripper) have the option to make it region free and therefor the 25fps could be in fact be region free?
If so,is there a software I can use that will tell me if indeed it is region free or still locked in as a region 2 ?

[Baldrick]

Only dvds has regions. Region coding has nothing to do with the video.

[wee haggis]

Thanks Baldrick..
So, to be clear .
If I have a 25fps XVID then I can safely convert it to DVD without worrying about whether my region 1 player will play it?
(I realize that framrate conversion is a tricky thing...so I should leave it at 25fps???)
Thanks

[Baldrick]

You can convert to PAL(25 fps) if your dvd player and tv supports it. Or else convert to NTSC, change the audio speed with besweet(PAL to NTSC) and convert the video to NTSC 23,976 with 3:2 pulldown.

[wee haggis]

Thanks again Baldrick..
I know my player can play both Pal and Ntsc,but how can I tell if my TV does ?
(nothing in the specs indicate one way ot the other)

[bugster]

Thanks again Baldrick..
I know my player can play both Pal and Ntsc,but how can I tell if my TV does ?
(nothing in the specs indicate one way ot the other)

Try it and find out, preferably using a DVDRW so as not to waste a disk if it doesn't. This assumes your DVD player will read them of course. Or you could make a PAL (S)VCD to try it.

[wee haggis]

I have played PAL vcd's ...
so does that mean that it will view Pal DVD's ?

[bugster]

I have played PAL vcd's ...
so does that mean that it will view Pal DVD's ?

It should, though there are no 100% certainties in this game