What do I need to do for making backups to play on PS3(japan)

[korazy]

my brother cant seem to play any of the dvd backups i make of movies for his ps3(bought in japan),
they play fine on american dvd players and computers. I thought that burning imgs doesnt have the region locked on too them. but from reading on this site, i guess it does.

So far i dled both dvdshrink and dvddrcyptor,
can i just backup the img/video_ts and set to "region free" and encode it with dvdshrink
or is there more i need to do?
my backups are both ntsc and pal, does the ps3 only accept ntsc or pal regardless of the region code 0/1/2/3 ?

sorry, im kind of a noob ... been searching and reading for a few hours
but i want to get some specifics on what to do, on terms of playback for ps3s

[korazy]

the files i use for backups i get from newsgroups
most of them are ntsc backups,
why cant the ps3 play them? arnt the region codes already unlocked or no?

[redwudz]

Region codes are only on commercial DVDs, or someone may have added them to a burned DVD file, but very unlikely.

Are you sure your brand of DVD media is compatible with a PS3? Not all brands of DVD media work on all players. If a PS3 will play a DVD, it may also play a PAL/NTSC DVD. I don't know. Don't have a PS3. Someone else will have to advise you on that.

Playback of any file on a computer doesn't mean much as computers can play most any format.

And welcome to our forums.

[korazy]

thanks redwudz
ic, i made like 6 backups for my brother from files i obtained online..
he said only 1 of them work, so i have to assume its either because the region code was set and the ps3 rejected them
or, because the movies were PAL and his ps3 plays "only" ntsc.. if thats true

[Ai Haibara]

Sony players DO seem rather picky about the NTSC vs. PAL issue. The PS3 may also be even more strict about what's on the media (including the type of disc media used), but as redwudz mentioned, it's unlikely to be a region-coding issue.