"Frohike" <frohike@lonegunmen.com> wrote in message 
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> "Mr. Smith" <spamtrap@mrsmith.com> wrote in message
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>> I copied some DVDs and sent them to a friend in Japan. She says she can't
>> play them. They play fine here. It should not be region coding; the DVD
>> copying process I use both decrypts the DVDs and is supposed to render 
>> the
>> copy region-free. Is there some other reason why a DVD made on US
> equipment
>> wouldn't play on a Japanese DVD player? (actually, it is a DVD drive in a
>> computer, not a stand-alone player).
>>
>> The DVDs were copied decrypted using DVD Decrypter and compressed using
> DVD
>> Shrink.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Marc
>
> What version Decrypter and Shrink? Have you tried a different brand of
> media? Ever tried Nero? My Philips media won't play on my sister's 
> Panasonic
> and my brother's Sony Vaio. Verbatims and Fujifilm play on everything I've
> thrown them into. I use Shrink 3.1.7.6 and Nero 6.3.1.6 right now and this
> combo is rock solid.
>

My understanding is that Shrink utilizes Nero in the burning process. I have 
Shrink 3.2 (ha!) and Nero 5.5 (damn!) and Decrypter 3.2.3.0 (.......). I 
used DVD+R blank discs manufactured by TDK. They were plastic and shiny. 
Beyond that I am not sure. My friend in Japan is going to check to see if 
the discs can be played on any other machine. Perhaps her computer DVD 
player is lame (?). I played them here on two different DVD players.