General Query: UDF & Region Free DVDs

I am not certain if this is the correct area to ask this, I just thought I'd find the place with the most clued up on video formats etc.

I have recently helped to create a DVD with a martial arts organization for public release. It is in DV PAL format as we are based in the UK. However, someone wishes to purchase a copy in the US. I have been asked to find out what the region of the disk is and all I can find out is the format (UDF) through properties on the computer.

With the information given, would anyone be able to tell me if our DVDs are region free? Or how can I find out. Would most dvd players have the facility to switch between PAL & NTSC?

The master copy was a TDK DVD -R, if this helps. I burnt the DVD in iDVD, I am not sure if there is a way to set a region format in there as the settings are not that advanced. I did not deal with the duplication company myself, so I am not aware of what settings they used or anything.

Many thanks,
Heather.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.5), 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB Memory

Posted on Jun 28, 2010 9:46 AM

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Jun 28, 2010 10:01 AM in response to Scorpio 1990

Hi

Would most dvd players have the facility to switch between PAL & NTSC?


No

• In EU most PAL DVD-players also can playback NTSC (on old TV in Bl/W)
• In US most NTSC DVD-players CAN NOT playback PAL

TDK DVDs - not regarded as good media


• I only use Verbatim but Taiyo Yuden also is regarded as good DVD media

Convert from PAL to NTSC

• It is possibly to set iDVD to make a NTSC DVD - BUT RESULT IS BAD

I do - Save movie as QuickTime .mov and use JES_Deinterlacer to convert to NTSC
Then feed iDVD with this new converted movie.

Yours Bengt W

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