Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / September 2005

Thanks a lot for the info! I'm sure both my DVD player and TV accept NTSC as
well as PAL, so that won't be a problem. :-)

- Tale

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"Oh, rats!"
http://www.taletn.com/rats/

You've been slightly misinformed. Here's what DVDInfo has to say about
my copy:

                            Media Information
Disc Regions are                                  1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Media code/Manufacturer ID                            PRODISC R03
Media Product Revision Number                                 03h
Format Type                                              UDF 1.02
Volume Name                                RTGUP final DVD encore
Application id
Implementation id                                DVD Producer 1.0
Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy)               6/ 3/2005  8:33:27
Format Capacity                                    4.15GB(4.46GB)
Book Type                                                   DVD+R
Media Type                                                  DVD+R
Manufacturer Rated Speed                           8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor                   CLV  8.0x  11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor                   CLV  6.0x   8310KBps
Available Write Descriptor                   CLV  4.0x   5540KBps
Data area starting sector                                  30000h
Data area end sector                                      213B0Fh
Linear Density                                        0.267um/bit
Track Density                                        0.74um/track
Number of Layers                                                1

                           Complete Media Code
00000000 08 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.?
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 50 52 4F 44 49 53 43 00 52 .......PRODISC.R
00000020 30 33 03 38 23 54 37 0F 02 54 6B 02 94 63 15 15 03.8#T7..Tk..c..
00000030 0B 0A 08 08 01 1C 1E 0B 0C 12 12 01 00 00 00 00 ................

There is no RCE region encryption.

I can only assume the advice you were given relates to frame rate &
resolution, though I'm not certain. Then again, I can't really imagine
what your dvd author's idea of a region free disc is, if this isn't one.

As for manufacturing, since each is burned to a DVD+R (rather than
pressed as very large quantities would be), I don't know what this is
costing you, but do know you could be doing it yourself, if you were so
inclined, at well under $1 per disk, including case but excluding insert
(I'm not up on typical low volume printing costs) - using very high
quality disks at that price too (this could be squashed to as little as
60c for case & disk). A standard PC with a $70 dvd writer will do the
job, though you can buy a purpose built duplicator capable of making one
to seven copies at a time for a few hundred dollars.

If you feel a version would sell better in Europe if it were at PAL
resolution & frame rate, I'd happily transcode a version for you at no
cost. It wouldn't involve much work for me & this PC can do the job
overnight with excellent results. Again, I don't know what you've been
told about how complex this process is or what price you've been quoted.

I could even run off fifty copies for you at cost, though it might suit
you to duplicate your own. Any more than that & you'd need to find an
alternative such as your existing arrangement. Just an offer, as I
appreciate the work you put in to RTGUP :)