I recently burned some avi files to a DVD-R in hopes of being able to watch them on a regular standalone DVD player. Before burning, NeroVision Express gave me the following message: "Your project contains more PAL than NTSC material, but will be encoded in NTSC if you use the current settings. Do you want to change the settings to PAL, so that your project will be encoded in the video mode that matches the majority of the project's contents?" I selected "Yes" and proceeded.

It finished burning completely and the DVD ran perfectly on my computer. When I tried to play it on my standalone DVD player, it gave me "Playback Prohibited by Area Limitations." I am thinking this is due to two reasons:
1) The show I was burning has only ever been shown in England (Different DVD region obviously) so when the avi's were converted from their original DVD format, that was also included.
2) My DVD player only reads NTSC

If (1) is the case, is there any way with NeroVision that I can burn to a compatible format? If (2) is the case, would selecting "No" on that PAL/NTSC question allow them to play? Also, now that I have this DVD-R that won't play, if I back it up on DVD Shrink and select the "Region Free" box, will the newly burned copy play on my DVD player?

Any help is appreciated.

8/21/2005 10:28:55 PM

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"If (1) is the case, is there any way with NeroVision that I can burn to a compatible format? If (2) is the case, would selecting "No" on that PAL/NTSC question allow them to play? Also, now that I have this DVD-R that won't play, if I back it up on DVD Shrink and select the "Region Free" box, will the newly burned copy play on my DVD player?"

1. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. Don't even bother, just re-burn it as NTSC. Region codes only apply to retail DVDs, not ones you've burned on a PC yourself. Like if you bought a British DVD that was PAL format, but you had a region-free DVD player, it still wouldn't play here because it is PAL and not NTSC. IF you use NeroVision Express, it should convert your PAL source material to NTSC when you burn the disc.


[Edited on August 21, 2005 at 10:37 PM. Reason : .]

8/21/2005 10:33:45 PM

OK I'll reburn it and select No this time. Thanks!

8/21/2005 11:29:13 PM