[MPlayer-users] convert DVD to other region

[wim delvaux]

> > 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)

I have ripped these video_ts files to my hard disk and with a program on 
windows converted it to region 0.   The problem is that I tried to write it 
back to a DVD-R (movie happens to be small enough to fit on a single layer 
DVD) with Nero (I was converting on windows so I was available) but the 
resulting DVD did not play.  Nero complained before writing about 
inconsistant data or something.

Now that you speak of NTSC/PAL things could that be the inconsistancey where 
NERO referred to ? So is the conversion from NTSC toPAL the reason for the 
failure Because I tried to play the dvd on my laptop (which has a region 2 
DVD) and it failed (it even did not say the dvd was the wrong region so I 
presume the decrypting was OK).


>
> > 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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