DVD standalone playback error

[|Carpo|]

Hey

My problem is that when I try to playback a NTSC dvd movie inn my Standalone dvd player I get a playback error message (My dvd standalone player is region free) But when I play my DVD on PC on software like PowerDVD, its work very well! Somebody who know the issue?

PS. Sorry for my bad english

Carpo :)

[riprazor]

PowerDVD and other PC players are very forgiving of instruction errors on DVD's. They will play almost anything regardless of erorrs in the .IFO files. Standalones tend to be much less forgiving and will not play discs with authoring errors. Is the disc you are playing a commercial DVD, a backup, something you created? Did you edit the .IFO file in some way? We need to know something about the disc.

Regards,
Riprazor

[|Carpo|]

My DVD is backup from a DVD-5 NTSC. I used DVD decrypter and burned it with NERO. I have also tried to backup an another DVD witch also is in NTSC format. I have succsessfully backed up severel PAL dvd's before. Can it be because the dvd is NTSC? (My DVD player is still region free ;) )


The DVD i want to backup is only 150MB. (It's a surround test movie)
Can it be therefor I get a playback error in my standalone DVD player? (Denon 900)

[riprazor]

Region free will not guarantee that an NTSC disc will play in a PAL machine. It does guarantee that a PAL disc designed to play in other parts of the world will play in your machine. Your machine may not be able to play an NTSC disc.

Regards,
Riprazor

[|Carpo|]

I don't think that's right. I also have a bunch of orginal DVD's witch is in NTSC format. I have no problem with them. So my DVD machine plays NTSC format.

[gooki]

"The DVD i want to backup is only 150MB."

That is most likely your problem. Many DVD players won't recognise DVDR discs below a certain size.

[|Carpo|]

I to think that is the problem. But do anyone have a solution how I can burn the DVD?

[padre]

Have you tried making an ISO image file of the disk, with DVDDecrypter, to your hard disk. Then burning it back to DVD-r via DVDDecrypter? It'll eliminate Nero as a possible cause of your problem. And you may want to use a DVD-RW, just so you don't waste any discs until you solve the problem (assuming your standalone DVD player will read DVD-RWs)

[|Carpo|]

Yes I have tried to make a ISO file with DVD-decrypter, and burned it with DVD decrypter. Anybody else have a solution?

[padre]

Well, just one other thought, if you still suspect the issue is because the content is 150mb (very small). Import the DVD into something like DVD Author (from TMPGenc), and re-import it a bunch of times, filling up multiple tracks with copies of the same content. Basically, it would let you build a larger disc ,getting well beyond 150mb.

Then burn it and try it. If it works, its a size issue. If it doesn't, you've got other problems.