[MPlayer-users] convert DVD to other region

[Ivan Kowalenko]

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On Jul 16, 2006, at 16.19, wim delvaux wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have this DVD region 1
> I have one player that is capable of reading Region 1 discs.

Uh huh.

> Can anybody point me to or describe me a procedure to convert this  
> DVD to a
> different region (ro region free)

That's not what MPlayer or MEncoder do. But, just about any DVD  
decrypter(sp?) can strip out region data. Some programs, like Mac The  
Ripper for OS X, will even strip out User Operation Prohibited (UOP)  
flags (like those that don't let you skip commercials or FBI warnings)

> and write it back to a DVD-R for playing on
> (any) DVD player.

Well, you'll probably have to recompress it to make it fit on a  
single-layer DVD-R. MEncoder can help with that, and export to an MPG  
file (see the documentation for information on -of and lavc as an  
output encoder). Just about any program that can burn VIDEO_TS data  
will burn your decrypted DVD (as whatever region you decrypted it  
to), and just about any DVD burning app that will burn DVD-Video from  
other files (Toast, Easy CD Creator, Nero, etc.) will produce All  
Region (Often incorrectly referred to as Region 0 or Region-Free) DVD  
discs.

One thing to watch out for, with this, is that you have to make sure  
whatever region is going to end up playing this DVD, has a compatible  
display. That is, an NTSC DVD from North America, even when set to  
All Regions, may or may not play on an European PAL player. The  
player might play it, but God knows what the output is going to be.  
If you're going to be playing on a computer, then no worries.
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