Hi,
I'm thinking of saving a lot of my old (analogue NTSC etc...) home movies/videos to DVD or VCD for longer life. I notice that there are a lot of ways to do this now. I can play them thru my TV and record them onto my DVD recorder (DVR) or I can buy USB 2.0 devices that will save any video source direct to DVD etc...
However, I would like to be able to send copies of the DVD's/VCD's to my family in the UK to view them over there (I am in the USA). How can I know whether the format will be viewable by them on their DVD player?
I know there are regional stamps on DVD Movies you purchase so that they cannot be viewed around the world but will DVD's I make contain a stamp also? How can I set them up with no stamp so that my family can view them?
Many Thanks,
Steve
2007-12-27 05:35:05 · 3 answers · asked by Taoman 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Region coding DOES NOT apply to home made footage like this !!!!
What you DO need to do is make sure the DVD program is set to NTSC, the US TV system.
If you record on a PAL DVD-recorded it will encode to PAL !
So really you need to capture to a PC and then create the DVD
Have a look at the likes of Movie Edit Pro (www.magix.com I think) or Uleads DVD factory ( i use V 6 at moment) Both good programs
The Region coding is used on COMMERCIAL discs to limit where it can be watched.
In your DVD making program, check the configuration, should be a simple "PAL / NTSC" switch in it somewhere,
Ask it's help menu after a search on PAL or NTSC
After than, create as usualy, all done
2007-12-27 05:45:46 · answer #1 · answered by stu_the_kilted_scot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are not only regional stamps on the DVDs but also on the burners. Your easiest way is to install a second DVD burner on your computer configured to the UK zone. Then you can simply write the DVDs using this drive. An added benefit is that you will also be able to see DVDs from the UK.
(You cannot keep switching the configuration of your present DVD burner because this is only allowed a few times.)
2007-12-27 13:40:52 · answer #2 · answered by Helpful person 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you can look it up on wikipedia and see what format their dvds are in the UK and if it's the same from here then ur lucky and if it's not then just burn the dvd's in the format that they need good luck
2007-12-27 13:56:02 · answer #3 · answered by jaime9291 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋