DVD Burning Problems?

[JDUB]

ok. i'm here at work

i threw the dvd in the dvd player. it did not play. i think i can remember it saying "prohibited by limitations"

but i am watching it on my computer here it work.

fyi i am trying red hot chili peppers live at slane castle. i got it from the same place i got u2 chicago.


they both d/l the same way. a bunch of rar looking files. i extracted the 1st one and it extracted the folders. audio and video. i have been trying to burn the video file only. do i need to try to burn both folders?

any ideas?

[fanofthemule]

Maybe it's PAL format and your DVD player will only play NTSC?

[JDUB]

Originally Posted by SubGuy

Maybe it's PAL format and your DVD player will only play NTSC?

is there a way to convert this to NTSC.

also, what is PAL and NTSC mean?

sorry for being such a rookie

you guys are a big help and i appreciate it.

Hi.
I have a downloaded DVD but my burner says that the burning will result in a faulty disc as there is a video_ts.vob file missing. How can I reauthor the dvd?
Thanks.
p.

[fanofthemule]

This thread should help:

http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/...ead.php?t=6599

My suggestion is to go buy a cheap DVD player e.g. Coby or Apex. They can be found at any retailer (Best Buy, WalMart) and are very cheap - $25 - $40. They will play all formats and you'll never have to worry about lossy conversions.

[rherron]

JDUB,

If you want the long answer follow these links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL.

The short versions is NTSC is the video format for American television (I'm assuming you're in America) and PAL is the video format for (primarily) European television. The two are incompatible.

PAL does not generally work on American video equipment and vice versa, though this is becoming much less the case. More than likely, if the video is indeed PAL, you are going to have to convert it to NTSC to get it to play right on your DVD player. It is very easy to do. Follow the link above and look at my suggestion. Or you could buy a DVD player that plays both PAL and NTSC video (I think that’s unnecessary personally).

Rob

[JDUB]

i went back and looked at the file and it says PAL on the torrent d/l.


looks like i need to convert to NTSC.


thanks for the help.

[AAR.oner]

you shouldn't have to reauthor anything from this site...you can help us help you by lettin us know:

1. which show is it?
2. what program do you use for burning?

[JDUB]

i read on another thread that nero allows you to convert pal to ntsc.


anyone know how to change the settings to do this?

[Karst]

I wouldn't trust Nero to do that.

Check this: http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=209166

[pawel]

Yep, it won't play. video_ts.vob file keeps info on DVD structure and main menu.

[gsmyth79]

I think we need a "how to burn a DVD" sticky in this forum. I'd be happy to write one for Taost on Mac. Many new threads from this week exemplify this need.

[JDUB]

Originally Posted by Karst

I wouldn't trust Nero to do that.

Check this: http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=209166

is there a reason why?

[Karst]

Sorry, there was link there to how to do PAL to NTSC - but it is actually not very good. Ignore it - sorry.

[piper24]

I recently downloaded a phish video from this site and am having a problem burning it. All the other videos I've downloaded have been split into two sets. This one is all together in one folder. Its two big to burn all of it on one disk and when I try to split it up and burn half of it with nero I keep getting errors saying I need all the files together. How can I split this up so I can burn it on two disks. Any help is much appriciated.