What factors should I consider when creating a DVD to make sure it is the most compatible with standalone players?
Authoring and encoding are the most important factors impacting on compatibility (see below). Besides this, there are three other important things to keep in mind to maximize your disc’s compatibility: 1. Media. Not all DVD players can play duplicated (write-once) DVD-Rs and DVD+Rs. For maximum compatibility, consider having the discs replicated instead (see below). 2. Regional encoding. Motion picture studios often want to control the home release of movies in different countries to guarantee the exclusivity of local distribution rights, and because of release timing: a movie may come out on DVD in one country when it’s just hitting screens in another. Region locks generally only apply to replicated DVDs, and they are entirely optional for the maker of a disc. 3. Video format standards. Different countries have different formats for their television systems. The United States and Latin American countries use the 525/60 NTSC standard, whereas most other nations use the 625/50 PAL forma
Authoring and encoding are the most important factors impacting on compatibility (see below). Besides this, there are three other important things to keep in mind to maximize your disc’s compatibility: • Media. Not all DVD players can play duplicated (write-once) DVD-Rs and DVD+Rs. For maximum compatibility, consider having the discs replicated instead (see below). • Regional encoding. Motion picture studios often want to control the home release of movies in different countries to guarantee the exclusivity of local distribution rights, and because of release timing: a movie may come out on DVD in one country when it’s just hitting screens in another. Region locks generally only apply to replicated DVDs, and they are entirely optional for the maker of a disc. • Video format standards. Different countries have different formats for their television systems. The United States and Latin American countries use the 525/60 NTSC standard, whereas most other nations use the 625/50 PAL format.
