How can I quickly tell if it's pal or ntsc?

[canadateck]

I have 6 DVD players some I can set to any region, others just region 1, If it does not Play in anything other then the region I set then it works. All I can do is try.

[Noahtuck]

I have 6 DVD players some I can set to any region, others just region 1, If it does not Play in anything other then the region I set then it works. All I can do is try.

And if you set your player to region 2, encode the dvd to region 1, and your player does not play it.... that means it is only encoded with one region code ?? because if region, say, 4 & 6 are also encoded to the disc, your player still will not play it... does not mean it is only encoded with only one specific region code 8)

[DRP]

Seriously... who cares?

Region encoding is only for the big corporations anyway. It has absolutely no useful purpose whatsoever to anyone looking at this website. It is a completely artificial addition to the DVD format foisted upon the consumer by the demands of the MPAA.

I can't lick my own elbows either and I certainly aren't going to start investigations or a thread in here as to how I can get around the limitations of my arm and tongue lengths.

[Noahtuck]

Seriously... who cares?

Region encoding is only for the big corporations anyway. It has absolutely no useful purpose whatsoever to anyone looking at this website. It is a completely artificial addition to the DVD format foisted upon the consumer by the demands of the MPAA.

I can't lick my own elbows either and I certainly aren't going to start investigations or a thread in here as to how I can get around the limitations of my arm and tongue lengths.

You are absolutely correct.... thats why i stated i gave it up awhile ago... but it is still a fact i'm not the one saying it absolutely can be done 8)

[canadateck]

Noahtuck wrote:

And if you set your player to region 2, encode the dvd to region 1, and your player does not play it.... that means it is only encoded with one region code ?? because if region, say, 4 & 6 are also encoded to the disc, your player still will not play it... does not mean it is only encoded with only one specific region code

Not sure I understand what you are saying? are you saying that no software can encode to one region only?Or you cant encode a DVD to 2 different regions?

What cant be done region wise?
I tried it and it works.

[dphirschler]

The presence of mp2 audio should rule out NTSC discs.


Darryl

[Noahtuck]

Noahtuck wrote:

And if you set your player to region 2, encode the dvd to region 1, and your player does not play it.... that means it is only encoded with one region code ?? because if region, say, 4 & 6 are also encoded to the disc, your player still will not play it... does not mean it is only encoded with only one specific region code

Not sure I understand what you are saying? are you saying that no software can encode to one region only?Or you cant encode a DVD to 2 different regions?

What cant be done region wise?
I tried it and it works.

Okay, exactly what i said in my OP....

And you can't make a dvdr any one specific region 8)

What i was saying above is:

If you use, say DVD Shrink, set it to just burn just region 1,
then you set your dvd player to only play region 2, it does not play,
That does not mean the disc was encoded with only region 1, it just means region 2 was not encoded in the disc.

And if there is a program that will allow you to burn only ONE SPECIFIC region at home to a dvdr, i have yet to find one. obviously it's a software issue or maybe that and hardware both, could be something to do with burners.... don't really know.... and even when i have posted here about these issues no one had any idea's....

Because obviously you can burn multiple regions to a dvdr nowhere did i ever imply that you can't encode mutiple region codes to a dvdr 8)

Like i said before, Me and jimmalenko went through this quite some time ago... i was searching through old post's trying to find it because we had screen shots of some of the things we found but i gave up after 20 minutes

It was just a quest i was on for awhile to make a dvdr only ONE region but no matter what program i used or burned with it never would give just ONE region, would always add on 1 or 2 more regions at least....

I gave up on it as it's not really a big deal and all region encoding works
8)

[DRP]

God damn. Somebody do us all a favour and lock this pointless thread now puhleeeze!

[hrlslcbr]

I agree.
Let's forget this, OK?

[Noahtuck]

God damn. Somebody do us all a favour and lock this pointless thread now puhleeeze!

Sorry, i could not help it... i thought it was damn funny

I agree.
Let's forget this, OK?

I kind of did a looong time ago......


& we are being civil, just trying to learn. because if there is a program that has been changed in the last 6-8 months that would do this i would like to know and if not... then we know that also.... if ya don't like it... don't care... don't read it 8)

[canadateck]

Dont Lock the Thread,This is what this site is about.

[canadateck]

@Noahtuck

Ok If I get what you are saying:

If I burn a DVD to Region 2, It might play if the player is set to region 3 or 4?because you said it always burn's and extra region not just one?

[DRP]

Dont Lock the Thread,This is what this site is about.

Off topic posts are what this site is all about?

Have a read of the topic title again and then tell me if the ability to encode to just one region or not has got anything to do with that topic.

Personally I can't see any link whatsoever between region encoding and identification of PAL/NTSC discs, but that's just me. Maybe I'm weird.

[Noahtuck]

Yeah, any program i ever used, to author, encode, burn, ect. a dvdr and set it to only region 1, it always had at least one extra region, usually 2 or more if not all regions encoded... okay, like i would use DvdInfo Pro and it would give a reading that ALL regions were encoded, but then i would check with IfoEdit and it would show 3 regions encoded... 2 + the one specific region i would encode it to.... never did figure out why or what was causing it..
& never did find a program that would only encode 1 specific region...

Like i said, it was just something that got into my craw and i wanted to find a way or find what would do it... And never came up with any rock solid proof or evidence that any program would burn just ONE specific region....

Okay, like i have burned dvdr's set to just region 1 through a number of programs, it's been awhile because i gave up on it awhile ago, but like i remember one, and when i checked it it had encoded it to region 1, 4 & 6 Why ?? anyone's guess is as good as mine... and have never found any kind of documentation on this either.... people just figure that's the way it is.... pressed can be set to any combination and dvdr's are just all region, because after all, excluding the problems of PAL-NTSC, all region works so i guess no one ever really cared or gave it much thought. most poeple don't seem to understand that region free is really "all region" encoding... like when people say "region 0" there is no region 0 it's just a way of saying it will play no matter what region your player is because the dvdr is actually set to all regions, and yes... i have seen alot of people who think this is correct... that region 0 is what a disc is set to

Sometimes it will include even the extra regions 7 & 8 as listed in the list i posted, but then again i have never seen a disc with these regions included except a burned dvdr.

[Noahtuck]

Dont Lock the Thread,This is what this site is about.

Off topic posts are what this site is all about?

Have a read of the topic title again and then tell me if the ability to encode to just one region or not has got anything to do with that topic.

Personally I can't see any link whatsoever between region encoding and identification of PAL/NTSC discs, but that's just me. Maybe I'm weird.

Yeah, OT is for things that don't have to do with the site or the sites intent

If it bugs you so much... do what i do... don't waste my time readin the thread anymore let alone posting to it Gheez....

[DRP]

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