How to tell if DVD is PAL or NTSC?

[MikeO]

As the title says.

I have buch of DVD's here I'd like to put on sale, but before I do that I need to know which are PAL and which are NTSC. I've bought these so long ago I can't remember anymore and there's no info on the DVD's. My DVDRom plays both, but I need the info for people whose players only play PAL (which is the standard here in Finland).

Is there some program that could do this? Is there any way?

Thanks in advance!

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[Workin']

If they are commercially produced DVD's then it says the format right on them or on the jewel box they came in. If they are bootlegs, then you are on your own.

 

[MikeO]

Originally posted by: Workin'
If they are commercially produced DVD's then it says the format right on them or on the jewel box they came in. If they are bootlegs, then you are on your own.

They are legimate commercially produced DVD's and as I already stated on my previous post, no, the format is NOT stated anywhere neither on the disk or the box. And yes, I have looked, many, many times.

It might have something to do with the fact that they're pr0n DVD's

 

[Mingon]

in that case they are region free normally

 

[zepper00]

Many Mpeg decoder cards for computers have PAL/NTSC conversion built in. So one could at least play it in a computer.and use the TV out from the decoder card to play it on a TV screen. It would be good to know if they were regionalized or not. Perhaps there is a utility out there that could read the DVD header info if you have access to a non-regionalized DVD drive.
.bh.

 

[tw1164]

You could use a program like DVD profiler and check each DVD via its UPC. That would give you more then enough details about the DVD