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![]() ![]() This three character number defines the various combinations of regions the disc is set to play back in, and the code changes according to the settings made. ![]() One of the pieces of information visible is the region code mask (RCM). ![]() If you use tools like DVDAfterEdit you can open up a VIDEO_TS folder and explore the inner workings (as well as make changes) of the disc. Region zero refers in part at least to the underlying code that establishes the region setting on a DVD. ![]() In effect, the disc is free of restrictions related to any region. You set this in the authoring software by selecting all of the boxes for the different regions - hence 'region all'. In effect there is no restriction in place and the disc should play in any player. I wouldn't say region zero is a misnomer, however. it amounts to the same thing but curiously has combined two different concepts. Region codes really only come into play if you are using a replication process. My rather jaded view is that the regions simply helped ensure sales were optimised and have nothing to do with whether the disc will play back! But you are also correct in saying a lot of DVD players can play both standards these days, however I wouldn't rely on that when creating a disc.įinally, if your disc is being burnt in your mac (or PC), make sure that you tick all of the regions in the build/format dialogue as if you don't there will be a conflict between what you are asking and what is hard coded into the DVD-R you are writing to. The TV standard is the key, IMO - make sure your footage can actually be seen in those countries, and then make the disc region free (tick ALL of the boxes and make sure it has a region code mask of 0). For example, New Zealand use PAL and are in region 4. Yes, Region 2 (Europe (except Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus), Middle East, Egypt, Japan, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, French overseas territories, Greenland) countries often also use PAL, but so do others not in Region 2 ( PAL covers most of Europe, most of Africa, China, India, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, North Korea to name a few). HI Wes - not really a coincidence, more of a marketing process to carve up the world into the different regions. ![]()
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