BOC-L Digest / Still in the Shadows

[colm mcwilliams]

hi there

i am sorry to hear that your dvd doesnt play on your DVD player.

one way round it but its not straightforward and it might not work either is
to rip the DVD onto the hard drive on your computer and convert it to NTSC
and then burn it as a SVCD onto a couple of CD-R's.

but then your DVD player must be able to play SVCD's

you could also copy it to DVDR after converting it to NTSC but then your DVD
player might not play DVDR's

colm

ps. i dont think its illegal to make a copy of the disc if you already own
an original copy
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: BOC-L Digest / Still in the Shadows


> I thank the two people who replied saying that the PAL "Out of the
> Shadows" should play on my NTSC player. Unfortunately it doesn't; nor
> does it on my sister-in-law's or her son's - on mine it says (when the
> disc is placed in): "This type of disc cannot be played. Please insert a
> different one." , on my wife's sister's it reads: "Disc error" and on
> her son's it reads the same as mine. These displays are exactly the same
> on all three for another concert DVD I have when the PAL side is entered
> (the other side is NTSC and plays just fine - this would have been a
> nice idea for the Hawkwind disc).
>
> I hope he does not mind me mentioning this but when I bought the disc
> from Phil at CDS it was he who said that many North Americans were
> getting a friendly computer savvy friend to make an NTSC disc for them.
> My disability severely limits my ability to socialize, so I thought I'd
> take Phil's suggestion and see if I could find a "friend" on this list
> would be kind enough to help me with this.
>
> Thank you for your patience and it would be most appreciated if *anyone*
> could help.
> Thanks again,
> Jonathan
> (Vancouver, B.C.)
>