[rollei_list] Re: Off Topic Request
- From: "Eric Goldstein" <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:00:18 -0400
It does not matter, because the DVD will be dead in a few months anyway... ;-)
It's not clear to me from your description, Don, whether you are
recording an NTSC DVD and your European friends are trying to play it
on a PAL DVD player or if this is a regional code problem (unlikely),
but there is a ton of information on the net about this... here's a
good place to start:
http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html
Eric Goldstein
On 4/25/06, Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Don,
>
> I do believe that only commercially made DVDs would have an
> area code. You wouldn't put it on, would you?
>
> I would wager that Eric Goldstein would have the proper solution
> for your problem.
>
> Jerry
>
> Don Williams wrote:
>
> > Very sorry to use this forum for a non-Rollei problem, but I need
> > help regarding European TV/DVD standards.
> >
> > I have a friend who is writing a children's book and she has produced
> > some 69 pictures of her life growing up in Italy and moving to the
> > U.S., and her change as she grew up. Her dad eventually became
> > Musical Director of MGM and won an Oscar for scoring the Wizard of Oz
> > so she has lots of contacts in Hollywood but also in Europe.
> >
> > Now for the problem. I have made Video CD's, DVDs. and regular
> > self-playing computer CD's for her to send to her friends and
> > advisors. They all play well here, both on computers and DVD
> > players, however she reports that the DVDs don't play in Europe. I
> > think I have the capability to make a PAL DVD- Are DVD's not
> > universal, other than the region code or should I try a PAL version.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Don Williams
> > La Jolla, CA
> >
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