[Cialug] Strip Region Encoding on DVDs?

[Jim Asbille]

Check out DeVeDe, I have used it to convert video files to DVD. I think you
could rip to video then convert to dvd.  If DeVeDe doesn't do the rip check
out Handbrake.

Jim Asbille, MSM
registered Linux user number 388067

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potential." -- Barack Obama



On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Claus <cniesen at gmx.net> wrote:

> Your problem won't be the region code but that Germany uses PAL and the
> USA uses NTSC.  So unless you have a DVD player that supports PAL to
> NTSC conversion you are stuck.  I have one (Sampo 611) that can convert
> and doesn't care about the region code after feeding it with a special
> DVD. :)
>
> Of course your other alternative is to rip and re-encode the movie to
> NTSC.  Lot of work, loss of video quality, and loss of menu and special
> features.
>
> On 5/3/2010 9:25 PM, Todd Walton wrote:
> > Is it possible to make a copy of a region-encoded DVD and strip out
> > the region code?  My brother-in-law bought a DVD in Germany (legally,
> > damnit!) and can't watch it.  I mean, we could sit and stare at the
> > monitor for 2 1/2 hours, but...  staring at the TV would be much
> > nicer.
> >
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