General DVD Question.

RickyTheDragonSteamboat · Post by **RickyTheDragonSteamboat** » 18 Mar 2007, 21:04

Is it possible to have both NTSC and PAL video on a DVD-9?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 19 Mar 2007, 00:13

Technically: yes.

However, most standalone players don't seem to like it very much.
Some players will get stuck in PAL mode if the first track on the disc is PAL (and vice versa), some players will freeze...

My Pioneer just stops working when it tries to switch from one mode to the other.

If you want to watch your PAL+NTSC DVD-9 on anything other than your PC:
Don't bother. It probably won't work.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 19 Mar 2007, 19:02

Ooh learn something new everyday. Nice one Tom.

RickyTheDragonSteamboat · Post by **RickyTheDragonSteamboat** » 20 Mar 2007, 00:10

I ask this because I bought a DVD-9 (a bootleg) copy of Crime Story from chinatown and while the film was in NTSC the Teddy Chen interview was PAL!

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 20 Mar 2007, 11:16

That's bootlegs for you.

If the menus are in NTSC, I suspect that most players won't be able to switch to PAL when they hit the interview. It will probably look either cropped, jerky or vertically squished.

RickyTheDragonSteamboat · Post by **RickyTheDragonSteamboat** » 21 Mar 2007, 03:16

Actually the interview is an easter egg. I highlighted 'play' then pressed 'up' and my player froze for a few seconds then played it. You could here the audio perfectly but the picture was pretty much squiggy lines and static so I figured sice my TV is NTSC, the interview segment must be PAL.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 21 Mar 2007, 05:09

You tried playing it on your PC?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Apr 2007, 23:52

Those bootleggers are so funny