Convert Region 3 to work with all DvD players

Discussion in 'Other video questions' started by zillah, Dec 31, 2003.

  1. zillah

    zillah Guest

    Here is my problem. I have a region3 dvd that I would like to convert into a copy that works with all dvd players. I currently have a DvD burner that is the only cd rom drive in the machine. Included is the Nero Burning ROM software. Can I just rip the dvd onto my computer and then burn it? or will it still be region3 dvd. Any help would be appreciated.

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    zillah, Dec 31, 2003
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  2. Minion

    Minion Senior member

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    Well if this is a Retail Region 3 DVD then it Probably would not fit on a Regular DVD-R because Retail DVD"s are DVD9 format which can be up to 9gb, so what you would have to do is use a Program like "DVD-Shrink" to Ripp and Compress the DVD and Strip out unwanted Tracks Like Subtitles and Foreign Language Tracks and them burn the New Folder to DVD-R, this DVD will Work in all Regions but that doesn"t Mean that it will Play on all TV"s because if it is a Pal DVD and you want to Play in on a NTSC System you could have Problems because Not all NTSC TV Sets will Properly Display Pal Video....Cheers
     
    Minion, Dec 31, 2003
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  3. Kai79

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    Or download IfoEdit, rip your DVD to harddisk, use IfoEdit to edit the ifo's (press Region Free) and burn to DVD. You can also use some hex-editor to edit the video_ts.ifo file. Change the 23rd hex value to 40 (what ever it is. If original region is 2 then the value is FD).
     
    Kai79, Jan 7, 2004
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