[Videolib] PAL question

2011-12-23 Thread Merle J. Slyhoff
We had a request for a dvd from France. The company responded that it is in PAL Region 0. They seemed to indicate we would be able to use it here. Our IT department isn't sure if it would work. Does anyone have experience using Region 0 dvds? Your help is appreciated. Thanks! And happy

[Videolib] PPR for Primary

2011-12-23 Thread Stanton, Kim
Hi all, Any idea who to contact about PPR for Robert Drew's Primary? Thank! Kim Kim Stanton Head, Media Library University of North Texas kim.stan...@unt.edu P: (940) 565-4832 F: (940) 369-7396 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the

Re: [Videolib] PPR for Primary

2011-12-23 Thread Dennis Doros
Dear Kim, I think he still has the rights. See http://www.drewassociates.net/Main/FilmLibrary.htm Dennis On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Stanton, Kim kim.stan...@unt.edu wrote: Hi all, ** ** Any idea who to contact about PPR for Robert Drew’s Primary? ** ** Thank!

Re: [Videolib] PAL question

2011-12-23 Thread Dennis Doros
It just depends if you have a multi-system DVD player or not. In Europe, they almost all are. in the United States, some are, but usually you have to specifically purchase one. Best regards, Dennis Doros Milestone Film Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone:

Re: [Videolib] PAL question

2011-12-23 Thread ghandman
You'll be able to play this on a laptop, most likely. Otherwise, as Dennis has said, you'd need a code-free (all region) player gary It just depends if you have a multi-system DVD player or not. In Europe, they almost all are. in the United States, some are, but usually you have to

Re: [Videolib] PAL question

2011-12-23 Thread Merle J. Slyhoff
Thanks for the input. I'll let our IT/media guys know the solution. Merle *** Merle J. Slyhoff V: 215-898-9013 Collection Development   F: 215-898-6619  Resource Sharing

Re: [Videolib] PAL question

2011-12-23 Thread Bob Norris
Just to clarify Dennis' response a bit, there are two parts to the equation. He is referring to PAL. That is a television format (NTSC in USA). You need a mulit-system DVD player that will play PAL on US TV's. Or you can play a PAL DVD on most computers. The region 0 refers to DVD region

[Videolib] Christmas, Cowboy and Cake

2011-12-23 Thread Nicholle Gerharter
Hi all, Can you help me identify this movie? The patron thinks it is late '60s or '70s, was certainly in color. The title *may* be something like Shorty's Christmas (Shorty being the name of the cowboy). A cowboy is headed to a Christmas party, but keeps getting delayed. He wants to bring

[Videolib] Playing PAL discs

2011-12-23 Thread Deg Farrelly
VLC Media Player is an open source application you can load on your computer that permits playing PAL discs. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ -deg -- deg farrelly Arizona State University P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287 Phone: 480.965.1403 Email: deg.farre...@asu.edu We had a request for a

Re: [Videolib] Playing PAL discs

2011-12-23 Thread Randal Baier
hey Deg. Yeah that's a great choice VLC I use it all the time thanks for mentioning the PAL aspect of the codec. I had not paid attention to that, but I've had VLC save me in many instances. I think they really work that codec, correction codecs, into a nice package, collectively created.