Play NTSC DVD in a Region 2 DVD machine?
 

I've been asked to make DVD disks that will play in a Region 2 DVD player from the NTSC DVDs that I have set up. I've read thru the guides and searched, and it's fairly clear that the NTSC video will be playable on modern PAL Region 2 DVD machines. I have DVD Studio Pro set up to make region free disks anyway, so that's not a problem. However, I'm assuming that the NTSC encoded disk menus and images are also not a problem across regions?

So basically I just send them my normal NTSC DVD and they should be able to play them?

Thanks,
Erich

NTSC DVDs play in PAL DVD players as-is, no conversion required.

Only region coding is an issue, but there is no region coding on homemade/burned discs.

BTW, PAL DVDs play in most NTSC DVD players, too! Most DVD players are made with worldwide kits from a few manufacturers. Most have region locking in hidden menus, sometimes firmware, but it's fairly easy to bypass. Macrovision is sometimes disabled this way as well.

Thanks for the quick confirmation LS!

Erich

One point to keep in mind. While one can change the internal region setting for a DVD drive, some drives have a limit on the number of times that the region can be changed.