VA49er
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I have a DVD(homemade) that arrived from overseas and won't seem to play in our DVD player. It will play in our laptop after I loaded up a codec. Any way to get it to play in the regular DVD player?
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Hard Harry
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Sounds like a region issue VA.
Do you know about that? If not, google your model and region playback. There's stuff out there, but I think each unit is different, and some of them cant be rigged to play DVDs from other regions.
It's another bullshit DRM issue.
Do you know about that? If not, google your model and region playback. There's stuff out there, but I think each unit is different, and some of them cant be rigged to play DVDs from other regions.
It's another bullshit DRM issue.
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Harry's pretty much right. You're chances aren't to good for getting it to play on the DVD player you have. You'll have to buy one that supports more than one region code. If you have a Playstation2, PS3, XBOX, or XBOX 360 you can try it in one of those.
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Not necessarily. It could be the TV format that is the problem.
VA49er
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I figured as much. The DVD is just some off the shelf DVD with the shows burned onto it. Are these region specific also? I know legit Sony, etc motion picture DVDs are region specific but I wasn't sure about the "make your own" DVDs. I have a Pioneer DVD player.
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explain please.
Hard Harry
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check that link I just added.
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Ok, Thanks HH. Is there a way to tell what region the DVD I have is? This particular burned DVD is from South America so I'm guessing it's Region 4, but I'm just curious if there is a way to know for sure.
