If I buy a R2 DVD and rip it using DVD Decrypter and burn it using a burning utility, will it be region free and play in any DVD player?
I know it's a fairly basic question but I just wanted to make sure before I bought R2 DVD's and then possibly find out that I can't back them up to play in a standard DVD player.
DVD Decrypter will make the discs region free, but if memory serves Region 2 is Europe, and they use the PAL video system, where North America uses NTFS.
Some DVD players will automatically convert the video over, but most won't.
Ken0042 is right..many people have problems with this. I answered this questionn for someone the other day, and will copy in my response:
PAL is not a region specification, it is a video format standard. The region is a simple, several bit-sized code that controls the compatability of a DVD with a player.
However, the region code has no relationship to the video standard (NTSC or PAL) that the DVD contains. NTSC is 720 x 480 at 29.97fps and PAL is 720 x 576 at 25fps. Regardless of region, a player and TV set up for one video standard (and not capable of internal conversion) will not display the other.
You have two choices:
1) Watch the DVDs on your computer, which is much more flexible than your standalone and TV set regarding what resolutions and framerates it will accept.
2) Convert the movies to NTSC standard by re-encoding the titles to match the NTSC standard. This is a long process, but can be accomplished according to this guide:
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/pal2ntsc/pal2ntsc.htm
