I have a movie that I constructed fron rar files. After I constructed my movie from the rar files it was a image file that shrink didnt recognize but DVD Decrypter read it and burned it fine. The move wouldn't play in my dvd player. I am new to all this but I know that files must have to be converted to something else. The movie files are DVDR.PAL.FS.NL..nfo,... Does anyone know what I need to do? Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
The video is in PAL broadcasting format. Are you in a PAL country and have a player that plays PAL? If you're in North America, you need NTSC format. Does your DVD player say no disk or give any error message like incompatible format?
the PAL says it won't play in the States... (US TV's are NTSC)
but your computer may be able to read it now though (place it in a drive and try all your video playing programs) a program called GSpot will tell you what codecs it needs if you don't have the right codec
if you look at your post, the DVDR (and this one) are automaticly made into a link... clicking on it will go to a page that describes the phrase or in this case acronym. which says it is may be any of four types of DVDs (I assume the file burned to a DVD not a CD)
not sure about FS or NL but nfo (or NFO) is a dot ending that can confuse a newbie... a windows machine is preset to expect this ending to be a windows file (i don't remember what at the moment) but as far as I know, I have never used one of those nfo files... since it came with a movie it is the "N" "fo"mation file for the release. you could just open it with notepad but I suggest you download two files from the internet instead.
the first is a free "open source" file called Notepad++ . it will recognise the various dot endings and treat the files differently (including using a different font for the NFO files)
Next you need a Font called TERMINAL.
I believe I could only find a demo version so MicroSoft programs don't know it is there (including notepad) but NotePad+ sees the installed file and either ignores or cannot see that it is a limited use font.
If you don't like not paying you could buy it but the NFO files will be the only place you will use this font.. the alphabet is simular to courier so you only need it for the special characters found above usual letterset
there are other fonts that work but I haven't found any of them and I stopped looking when the demo of TERMINAL worked.
If you want to try to find one of the other fonts that work, then you are looking for a font that displays the graphics characters of the original (1980s) IBM-PC and does so with a non-variable type.(the width of space used to print an "i" is the same width to print a "W") As I said, there are other fonts that display them correctly but terminal is the only one that I have found.
after you find, download, and install both Notepad+ and the needed graphic font, all you need to do is assign the file type and tell notepad+ to use Terminal (or other) font.
to assign a file type (I assume windows XP other windows versions may differ slightly) you need to right click on the dot nfo file and choose properties. it should tell you what program opens that type of file (dot NFO) if it does not say "Notepad++" then you need to "choose another program" (the button to the right of the opens with text) if Notpad++ is not listed you need to browse for notepad++.exe... it should be on your first hard drive (Usually C:) in the "Program Files" folder assuming you didn't change the install path when you installed it (if you know how to change the install path then you are too advanced to be read this posting anyway) It may not be in alphabetical order though. if it isn't alphabetically where you expect it to be then check the bottom of the list. new items are sometimes just added to the end instead of alphabetizing them
click "OK", "YES" or "OPEN" as needed after selecting notepad++.exe (either in the short list or when you browsed) until the properties window is closed then double left click the nfo file. The dot NFO file should now automatically open in Notepad++.
you may still need to assign the font although I couldn't quickly see how to change font. it may be smart enough to use an equally spaced graphics font for the nfo files already... the guy (just one person doing Notepad ++) he has a lot of bells and whistles in there so it will do good for all to check out what all it does
enjoy
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back to the NFO file... those graphic characters usually form beautiful pictures (though a few are a bit bawdy) if they are all funny characters (not a single square of dots emulating a shade of grey or any single or double lines that usually form frames for the text) then you probably need a graphic font even if you see a pattern. A graphic font will likely make the picture even better.
hope that helps, if you want more info email me if not appropriaate for others or reply to this as I have subscribed to changes (they call it email notification here)
