Not sure if this is correct place for this but here goes. I started with a HD DVD (Iam pretty sure, dont have it anymore to check). It basically had a slideshow of photos on it. I copied it using 2 standalone dvd players and gave original back to owner. The copy shows like this in AnyDVD (dont know any other way of seeing disc properties, although I am sure there are loads) _____________________________________________________________________ Summary for drive D: (AnyDVD 6.1.9.3) PIONEER DVD RWDVR-109 1.17 05/02/03PIONEER Drive (Hardware) Region: 2 Media is a DVD. Booktype: dvd+rw (version 2), Layers: 1 Total size: 2295104 sectors (4482 MBytes) Video DVD (or CD) label: DVD_VR Media is not CSS protected. Video Standard: PAL Media is region free. RCE protection not found. Structural copy protection not found. Autorun not found on Video DVD. Bad sector protection not found. Emulating RPC-2 drive with region 2! _____________________________________________________________________ Then I tried converting it to use in the USA as my parents want to show it when over there on holidays. I used Digital Media Converter 2.7. I used the settings to convert to MPEG2 DVD NTSC. I am in Ireland. Now when I put this converted DVD into my standalone DVD player it plays. When I put it in my drive on my computer it doesn't. Computer doesn't see that there is media on DVD, it seems. It asks do I want to burn a cd, make an audio cd etc etc. Dont know why it says CD as its a Verbatim DVDRW. AnyDVD doesn't show any info either. It says no DVD in computer. Anyone know why it plays in my standalone and not in computer. What I really want to know is how do I know it will play in standalone dvd player in the US if I can't get any info on the media that is on the disc.
The first (PAL) copy, what type of files and file layout has it? A DVD has a 'VIDEO_TS folder' with .VOB .IFO and .BUP files.
it has a video_ts folder with .vob, .ifo and .bup files in it. it also has a video_rm folder with .dat, .ifo and .bup files in it
I thought the VIDEO_RM folder was something that Philips recorders put on a DVD, but wasn't strictly necessary. Try loading the PAL file(s) 'VTS_01_1.VOB' 'VTS_01_2.VOB' etc, into VSODivX. Set the standard for North America (NTSC). It should output a standard DVD folder. Burn the folder with ImgBurn, it should play and be readable on the PC. http://dl.afterdawn.com/vsoDivxToDVD_setup_v0.5.2b.exe Import the file(s) (AVI, WMV,MPEG, VOB) Output (standard DVD file format) to a folder on the HDD. Set 'Aspect' to 4:3 (if you have a regular tv) Set 'Standard' to NTSC (if you live in North America) Burn dvd with 'ImgBurn' http://www.imgburn.com/ Run ImgBurn Click 'Mode' > 'Build' Click 'Output' > 'Device' Click 'File' > 'Browse for Folder', highlight on the 'VIDEO_TS' folder, > 'OK' Set burning speed to 4x and click the green write button.
Attar, i did procedure you gave me. The final dvd summary is below Summary for drive D: (AnyDVD 6.1.9.3) PIONEER DVD RWDVR-109 1.17 05/02/03PIONEER Drive (Hardware) Region: 2 Media is a DVD. Booktype: dvd-rw (version 3), Layers: 1 Total size: 215952 sectors (421 MBytes) How do I know if it worked???
One way, drag VTS_01_1.VOB (from the output folder)onto 'GSpot' The box will show 'NTSC' or 'PAL' For NTSC DVD file, the size is 720x480 Ignore anything else in this example - it doesn't apply. You can also try to play the file using the buttons. http://www.headbands.com/gspot/v26x/GSpot270a.zip
excellent! it says ntsc, 720x480. so i should be able to say to my parents with confidence that it will play in the US??
tried playing it with gspot but it says there are no applications associated with the given file name extension.
The folder and files should be visible with Explorer and a media player like 'VLC' should open the the folder and play it.
