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Burning DVD's Region Error
#378834 - 10/06/18 09:03 PM
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If someone can answer this, great. Or if someone can guide me to where I can get help, also great.
I'm trying to burn a DVD that will work in a regular DVD player. I'm using old programs but they have been working so I'm puzzled. I have been using "Convert X to DVD" for ever and it has always removed region restrictions. I borrowed some MP4's from the internet, ran them through the program, and keep getting a not proper region error. I have also run them through "DVD Shrink" and Slysoft "Any DVD" which are supposed to make DVDs region free. The interesting thing is that a movie (another MP4) turned into a DVD works fine.
Could there be something in the original MP4 that the programs to make a DVD can't remove?
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Re: Burning DVD's Region Error
[Re: DrLarryE]
#379144 - 10/26/18 12:56 PM
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Hi,
i think the symptom you describe has nothing to do with regions (or DVD protection...a subject i wan't to avoid).
Contrary to standard Windows PC's, standalone players are limited to a fixed set of MPEG profiles.
Some only play MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 main profile (probably 'high profile') and MP3 audio.
Rule of thumb: the more respectable the brand, the more restrictive the player ;-)
My Samsung DG-36 DVD player accepts official DVDs and licensed DIVX discs, but chokes on XVID files, as well as SVCD discs (and skips most arbitrary files offered on stick).
You will have to find out what the source * really contains * and then find a suitable authoring software.
An MP4 file could be
- MPEG-H part 2 (HEVC/H.265)
- MPEG-4 part 10 (AVC/H.264),
- MPEG-4 part 2,
- MPEG-2 video or
- MPEG-1 video.
So in select cases one can simply remux the stream to (DVD; MPEG-2) compatible output and avoid the quality loss that comes with a full blown remaster.
Back in the days i used ProjectX, then 'Nero 7 Recode' to transcode a MPEG-2 transport stream (captured from DVB as .TS) into a proper DVD project (with title screen and all).
Later, i had access to Cypheros TS Doctor, which allowed me to clean, inspect and cut a stream without the need to remaster (a rare feature, especially when it comes to MPEG-4 transport streams).
There are certainly better programs. It depends a bit on how beefy your PC is. I/O throughput is king.
I wouldn't want to deal with random (= broken, wrongly labeled) streams from unknown sources on a regular basis, especially on a run-of-the-mill laptop.
EDIT: ProjectX is out of date. Mentioned tools are legitimate and not intended -or suited- to circumvent DVD copy protection...
Edited by Bavarese (10/26/18 01:21 PM)
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Re: Burning DVD's Region Error
[Re: Bavarese]
#379181 - 10/28/18 10:04 PM
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That would explain a lot. I was able to get the process to work using a more up to date version of the DVD authoring program. Thanks for the explanation.
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