DVD Rip problem - region code?

[rdfarr]

I ripped a downloaded Video_TS folder using DVDFAB Decrypter 3.0.3.8 beta which has always worked for me even on the most recent DVD releases. The files had played fine on the computer. Then I used DVD Shrink at 0% compression to write it to disc. However, the final disc won't run and displays a "Playback prohibited by Area Limitations." In DVDFab, all the protection blocks were checked as usual. What could be the problem?

[jman98]

Will your disc play on a PC or do you only have problems with it on a standalone DVD player? Try to get a copy of DVD Decrypter and install it and check your DVD with it. It will tell you what region coding, if any, it finds on the DVD.

If you only have problems on standalone players, it might be some kind of RPC thing where that didn't get removed. Although I've never seen it, I have heard of standalone DVD players in region 0 mode that can't play discs with RPC on them. RPC was designed by Hollywood to try to prevent people in other regions from playing region 1 discs. What happens is that DVDs send out information about their region code(s) to the player which sees if it can play it. Region 0 players are supposed to be able to play anything, but Hollywood found a way to make region 0 not work for some region 1 DVDs that use RPC. It goes something like this.
DVD disc to player: I'm region 2. Can you play me? (Note that a standard region 1 DVD player should NOT be able to play this disc and should answer "no". Any answer of "yes" means that the region code on the DVD player has been changed from region 1 to something else or that the player was not sold in region 1.)
DVD player: I'm region 0 (or 2) so yes, I can play you.
DVD disc: I lied! I'm really region 1. I won't play in you because if you were a region 1 player, you would have answered "no" to my question.
RPC can lead, I understand, to the kind of problem you have as well as failing to remove the region code during the rip.

[psx_pirate]

I ripped a downloaded Video_TS folder using DVDFAB Decrypter 3.0.3.8 beta which has always worked for me even on the most recent DVD releases.

ILLEGAL ..... and discussing it is against forum rules

[mats.hogberg]

@ psx_pirate: Nothing illegal about this - The downloaded folder may well contain non copyrighted material. If you feel someone is breaking the site rules, report the post, please.

@ rdfarr - I suspect different TV systems - a PAL/NTSC issue.

/Mats

[psx_pirate]

OOPs ... sorry i misread the original post ... it was the 'worked on most recent dvd releases' that threw me .... i read it as if the op was downloading them when in fact he only mentioned ripping most recent releases and not downloading them ... my mistake ... i appologise

rdfarr .... you don't mention your location .... as mats says it could be ntsc/pal problem ... use ifoedit to open the VIDEO_TS.IFO (in the VIDEO_TS folder) and check video type for NTSC or PAL ... check this matches your tv system (if you are in USA/CANADA/JAPAN then your system is NTSC ... if you are in EUROPE/AUSTRALIA then it is PAL)

If the video in your dvd folder does not match your country's tv system then you will need to re-encode the video

[rdfarr]

Ho, ho, it was PAL as disclosed by Infoedit. What program do I use to recode it to NTSC?

[psx_pirate]

TMPGenc .... and others ..... look in the tools section <<<

[mats.hogberg]

Many threads on PAL DVD to NTSC DVD lately. Much work...

/Mats

[rdfarr]

I used the "Patch" method. Easy and effective (Sony DVD player).
Thanks