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Burning US homemovies on DVDs to view in Germany
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ClaudiaD
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5. February 2004 @ 01:56 |
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Here is a stupid question:
We live in the US, my parents live in Berlin, Germany.
We want to burn DVDs containing home movies of the children etc.
Someone else did that for us once before we got a DVD burner, but she is no longer available. We used DVD +R RW, which is what she had used. That one plays on my parents' DVD player over there.
I used InterVideo WinDVD Creator 2 freeware and Roxy 6. Any ideas if this can be done and how?????
Claudia
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malum
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5. February 2004 @ 02:08 |
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I do this the other way round (from UK to states)
It's no problem. I don't use your software though so I can't be specific
DV isn't PAL or NTSC as far as I'm aware it's an AVI which you capture and edit in you DV editor.
When you are happy with the reult you render it as DVD compatible mpeg2, it is at this rendering stage that you need to tell it that you want the output as PAL (for Germany who I believe are PAL?)
Once you have that mpeg2 you need to convert it to VOBs which are then burnt to DVD.
I use Vegas Video and DVD Architect for this process.
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ClaudiaD
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5. February 2004 @ 02:17 |
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Yes, Germany is PAL. What are VOBs?
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malum
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5. February 2004 @ 02:22 |
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VOBs are the way the mpeg2 stream is packaged to make it playable in DVD players.
I suggest you read some of the guides (tab at top of page)
and here http://www.dvdrhelp.com/
has all the information you could possibly want
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ClaudiaD
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5. February 2004 @ 02:28 |
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Thanks a million. I'll do that.
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ClaudiaD
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5. February 2004 @ 03:33 |
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I looked around pretty much all over the place. Pretty confusing. From what I can see, I did use a DVD+R RW, as listed in the German Instructions for the DVD player they have.
I did encode it PAL. Is it possible that I used the wrong AUDIO settings? Would that cause their machine to claim there is no disk? What is the correct AUDIO format for German machines? ANYBODY??PLEEZE HELP
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malum
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5. February 2004 @ 03:56 |
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What is the make of the media you are using?
RW discs are very patchy you'd do better to put it on a +R disc.
The audio format for USA and German DVD is the same.
You made no metion in your previous posts that you had already made the disc and have a problem with it.
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ClaudiaD
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5. February 2004 @ 04:03 |
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I am using imation. The very first DVD (that someone else did for me and that works) was put on Verbatim. Does that help?
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malum
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5. February 2004 @ 04:12 |
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I'd use what worked before if I were you. Although I'd still be tempted to go with a quality +R rather than a +RW.
I don't know what dye Imation use, but it might be crap or it might just be that Imation aren't compatible with you folks machine
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ClaudiaD
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5. February 2004 @ 04:15 |
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Thanks again. I'll do that.
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-LoNeR-
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5. February 2004 @ 05:40 |
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hey,
what about burning it to a specific region? (eg, Germany)
im probably wrong i have just had a few coasters from regions being wrong........
if that not the case reply on this thread and ill never mention it again. ;-)
Dean
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malum
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5. February 2004 @ 05:49 |
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Whatever software you use should produce a region free disc that plays anywhere.
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-LoNeR-
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5. February 2004 @ 06:02 |
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so does that mean u think im right or wrong?.................
Dean
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malum
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5. February 2004 @ 06:15 |
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wrong unless the software has been set to produce a specif region encoding on the discs it burns, which is unlikely. Also the machine would produce some kind of region message if the disc didn't match it's region.
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-LoNeR-
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5. February 2004 @ 07:36 |
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yes, But
the DVD could match the region for the drive and for the software but it might not match germanys........
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malum
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5. February 2004 @ 07:46 |
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The DVD won't have a region.
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ClaudiaD
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7. February 2004 @ 07:37 |
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I just spoke with my parents. They say that both the dvd player manual and the tv manual say that both machines are NTSC compatible. They have an Akai Arena DVD 5000 player. Any idea whether a dvd made in the US that plays on a US dvd player and TV would play on their setup? Any ideas what dvd brands are the most commonly used in German?????
Claudia
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soban
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7. February 2004 @ 07:51 |
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well i know one thing. to play in germany dvd players you have to have PAL dvd. if u dont then player should support the NTSC playback which i see that your parents do. there is one more glitch. if u have made a dvd that had regional encoding in it then it might be a problem. your parents should have the same region or region free dvd player. but the way i understood from the above replies, the home burnt dvds dont have regional encoding.
well bottom line is your parent has NTSC supported hardware so your dvd have to run in germany.
MALUM....... do u knwo if Nero burns the region free dvd and if it does how to disable it.
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malum
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7. February 2004 @ 08:33 |
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If both their TV and their DVD are NTSC compatible the only thing stopping a DVD that plays on your machine from playing on theirs would be the media it is on. If their player supports DVD+R as you suggest then I'd put it on a decent brand one of those.
Nero burns region free the region is nothing to do with the burning software. The region setting is in the IFO file which can be edited before the burn but whatever you use to make the DVD files (VOBs and IFOs) will not be putting a region code in and probably doesn't have the option to do so (unless you use IFOEdit and even then the default is for region free). How many home made movies need a region code?
In short, don't worry about the region setting.
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7. February 2004 @ 10:51 |
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TVs in Germany should be able to play PAL & NTSC , as most do in UK (if bought in the ... say last 7 years)
Region is removed in encryption (ripping) stage , plus this has nothing to do with original poster as they stated it is only home video footage (who would have added the copy protection I wonder - lol).
I too use Vegas Video + DVD Architect ; )
herb
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ClaudiaD
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8. February 2004 @ 03:44 |
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I burnt a new DVD on another IMATION brand DVD. I want to also send along two DVDs burnt on a different brand (PAL and NTSC). Any suggestions as to what brand might be better in Germany? I noticed Imation brand is sold in German department stores, but maybe they are different from what they sell here in the US. Can't seem to find the same brand we used for the very first one that we sent (Verbatim brand). Also, curiously enough, my mom took the PAL Imation brand DVD that doesn't play on their new DVD player they bought back to the store and it played fine on a much more expensive DVD player.
By the way, should this work in NTSC, then what is all the conversion hoopla about anyway??? Why would anyone need to convert DVDs?
Also, I looked at Vegas Video and DVD Architect. Is there a less expensive version? They look really expensive.
Again, I want to thank all of you helping us figure this out! Maybe we'll get the Christmas DVD to my parents by Easter....... ;-)
Claudia
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malum
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8. February 2004 @ 04:26 |
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The conversion from NTSC to PAL is uncommon because most PAL machines can cope with NTSC discs.
The conversion from PAL to NTSC is more common as the USA has yet to admit that the rest of the world exists and therefore only make machines that play NTSC discs
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8. February 2004 @ 05:06 |
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malum:
To be perfectly fair, there are few (if any) DVD players made by American companies, and most of the players I've seen here in the last couple of years will play PAL disks. The big problem is with NTSC televisions (and none of those are made by US companies), which usually won't display PAL signals properly. But you're right - it's ridiculous.
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8. February 2004 @ 08:16 |
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Exactly my point vurbal , and well said.
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To be perfectly fair, there are few (if any) DVD players made by American companies, and most of the players I've seen here in the last couple of years will play PAL disks. The big problem is with NTSC televisions (and none of those are made by US companies), which usually won't display PAL signals properly. But you're right - it's ridiculous
I have spoken to many american friends & they verified that it was down to the inability of their TV's to play PAL , moreso than anything to do with DVD Player.
We do not have this problem in Europe !
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as the USA has yet to admit that the rest of the world exists and therefore only make machines that play NTSC discs
LMFAO
P.S. A very reliable brand of media to use Claudia is Ritek G04 DVD-R (+R) btw.
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8. February 2004 @ 11:54 |
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Quote:
We do not have this problem in Europe !
Sure, just rub it in. ;)
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