DVD Playback prohibited by area limitations

[bluexrider]

Need to shrink 8.5GB DVD to 4.7GB and burn a DVD with NTSC format. Sounds simple right?

I have tried several ways and combined different apps without success.

The DVD player keeps saying "Playback prohibited by area limitations".

Here is my arsenal of applications

AcidRip DVD ripper

Arista Transcoder, which doesn't work right because of a bug!

Avidmux (GTK)

Bombono DVD

Brasero

DeVeDe

Dvd95

DVD::Rip

HandBrake

K3B

Nero Linux

WinFF


Please give me some pointers. Thanks

[hansdown]

Hi, bluexrider.

The dvd player's region code is set to a different region, than the dvd.

sudo apt-get install regionset

Be careful. the region can only be set 5 times, then locks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code

[bluexrider]

I attacked that issue some time ago. The region mask is 0. So, are you saying it should be different?

For the sake of argument...how do you determine the region code of the DVD being copied?

[hansdown]

It should play all regions.

Is this a Sony player?

I googled

The DVD player keeps saying "Playback prohibited by area limitations".

Sony pops up a lot.

If you open DVD95, can you shrink the disk?

I remove all language subtitles. They take up a large amount of space.

http://www.google.com/search?client=...utf-8&oe=utf-8

[bluexrider]

It should play all regions.

Is this a Sony player?

I googled

The DVD player keeps saying "Playback prohibited by area limitations".

Sony pops up a lot.

If you open DVD95, can you shrink the disk?

I remove all language subtitles. They take up a large amount of space.

http://www.google.com/search?client=...utf-8&oe=utf-8

Funny you should ask, Yes it is. That happens to be the Home Theatre System in which i have the issue. I can play the original, without issues, in the Sony Player. I cannot however play a copy which I have burned.

Thus we have the problem. I am ready to break out the Broadsword and start hacking at its bowels.

DVD95- Yes, I can shrink it to 4.3GB

[hansdown]

You "may" find something helpful in this link.

http://www.google.com/search?client=...utf-8&oe=utf-8

I used to sing the praises of Sony, at one time.

[bluexrider]

You "may" find something helpful in this link.

http://www.google.com/search?client=...utf-8&oe=utf-8

I used to sing the praises of Sony, at one time.

Been there, done that....pretty much looked at all those forums and haven't found an answer.

Thanks for your response.

[bluexrider]

Bump for more info. Thanks

[hansdown]

I'm still looking too.

One other thing,is the disc burned to PAL or NTSC format?

[bluexrider]

I'm still looking too.

One other thing,is the disc burned to PAL or NTSC format?

I have set the interlace to NTSC