Will DVD home made in US play in Germany?

Hi.

I made a DVD of a video tape and I've heard that it might not play in
a German DVD player. Is this true? I made the DVD from an MPEG2 file
using Easy Media Creator7 and want to send it to family in Germany.

Thanks for any help.

Dave Smith

>I made a DVD of a video tape and I've heard that it might not play in
>a German DVD player. Is this true? I made the DVD from an MPEG2 file
>using Easy Media Creator7 and want to send it to family in Germany.

If the DVD region is recorded on the disc as ALL (and it usually is when
recorded from a PC) and the video formatting is PAL, the disc should play in a
German DVD player without problems. If the video formatting is NTSC, there
might be problems with reproducing the chroma, but that depends on your
family's equipment and what it's capable of.

Or, you can simply send them a CD-ROM of the home video footage as an MPEG, an
AVI, or an MOV that's playable on their computer, if they have one.

Or, you could send both and cover all your bases.

Or, go a step further and hire the services of someone who can copy your
original tape to a PAL recording for use in a German VCR. - Reinhart

LASERandDVDfan

Hi Dave,
Most newer DVD players in Europe play all regions and PAL/NTSC. A few in the
US, like the Cyberhomes, do this with a code. Do a google search for DVD
creators that can make a disc in PAL format region free. I think
www.dvdidle.com carries this type of software.

HTH
-DVDfanatico

>Dave Smith sallydog-rem-@cox.net
>Date: 10/12/2004 9:45 PM Pacific Standard Time
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>
>Hi.
>
>I made a DVD of a video tape and I've heard that it might not play in
>a German DVD player. Is this true? I made the DVD from an MPEG2 file
>using Easy Media Creator7 and want to send it to family in Germany.
>
>Thanks for any help.

DVDfanatico

"Dave Smith" <sallydog-rem-@cox.net> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi.
>
> I made a DVD of a video tape and I've heard that it might not play in
> a German DVD player. Is this true? I made the DVD from an MPEG2 file
> using Easy Media Creator7 and want to send it to family in Germany.
>

Virtually all TVs and DVD players sold in Germany will handle NTSC disks
without problem.

Ian.

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