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| - How do I go about copy protecting a Master DVD that i will be delivering to a client? - Will NTSC DVD Discs play in PAL DVD Players? Q: Hi Andrew, thanks as always for your help. I'm doing a project for a School and would like to copy protect the Master DVD that I'll deliver to the School. How do I go about doing that? A: Hi Alison, the only way that copy protection can be incorporated is if the discs are pressed in the replication process, but that requires a minimum of 1000 copies to be produced. Having said that, there are a couple of things I would suggest you consider. I know a couple of guys who are in the school video market, and they all insist on taking orders for copies, and then delivering them directly to the parents. They also specify a cut off date for the order. That way, they make more profit on the job by providing the duplication service, and by specifying a cut off date it forces parents to act and make the decision to buy by a certain time, which most of them do. Handing over a master DVD is never a good idea. If the DVD is for a project where you need to get approval for the finished video before finalising it, either take in a portable DVD player to play it directly for them, or put a title that says 'Preview Working Copy - For Evaluation Purposes Only' at the beginning and end (you could even overlay it on the main video like a watermark). I hope that helps. Q: Hi Andrew, I want to burn some DVDs to send to my daughter in Tasmania. Since I am on NTSC and Tasmania is on PAL, will DVDs I burn play on her Aussie DVD player? Thanks, Clarke Lindsley. A: Hi Clarke, fortunately NTSC DVD's will play in Australian DVD players on most PAL TV's, and they will definitely play on any computer. The reason I say 'most' PAL TV's is because some older sets will not display NTSC, but more modern ones in the last 5 years will. Incidentally, this does not work the other way around. You cannot watch PAL DVD's on an NTSC TV. | ||
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