Posted by Atropos on 12/23/05 09:24

"Brendan R. Wehrung" <ck183@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message
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> Jangchub (sakadawa@kopan.com) writes:
>> On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:51:42 -0000, "Atropos"
>> <davewhite122000Nowdontbesillylads@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Jangchub" <sakadawa@kopan.com> wrote in message
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>>>> There is a movie I am dying to see, but the format used for America
>>>> does not have, on the DVD, this special feature "making-of"
>>>> documentary.
>>>>
>>>> The film is Kundun and the special is In Search of Kundun, which is a
>>>> beautiful documentary about Martin Scorcese's quest to get this film
>>>> done.
>>>>
>>>> My question is, if I buy the version for Europe, will DVD Shrink strip
>>>> out the coding so I can burn a DVD and watch it in my player?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>Yes, DVD Shrink can be set to make a DVD backup region free. However, you
>>>may still encounter the problem of PAL - NTSC.
>>>
>>
>> So, you mean it may not play in my player? Would I be able to convert
>> it stripped into a .avi file?
>
>
> That's something I've been curious about. Is the data actually stored to
> be played by a country's chosen format, or is it the same in all with a
> tag to tell the player to convert the base form to, say PAL? This would
> make more sense to me even if ther are only a handful of formats besides
> NTSC and PAL.
>
> Brendan

Not exactly the same - but does Region 1 PAL and Region 2 NTSC exist?

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