Playing Pal DVD App Question

After reading Apple's DVD Player instructions about playing PAL discs, I'm left still with the following questions:
1. If I change Regions to play a PAL disc, does that mean I can repeatedly play PAL discs from that Region? Or am I simply limited to playing that one PAL disc from that Region?
2. If it is just the one disc from that PAL Region, can I repeated play that disc from the Region? Or can I only play it once?
3. Once I eject the one PAL disc from that Region, can I reinsert it at a later date and play it again?
Thanks

Thanks for your prompt reply.
OK, so if I understand you correctly, setting the Region is 'drive based' and not 'disc based'. Meaning that setting the Region allows all disc from that Region to be played for as long as the user likes, provided they don't change the region again. If they do they lose one of their multiple opportunities to change Regions.
Is this correct?

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I am not sure if this has been brought up before, but my MBP (late 2007), and I am sure many other similar boxes play PAL DVDs perfectly. No conversion necessary.
I normally use VLC, but I checked with the Leopard DVD player and both work normally.
I thought I would just pass this along for anyone who was not sure.
Enjoy.

If your movie is encoded in the right format (such as MP4) and to specs that the Apple TV is happy with, it doesn't matter if the original movie was PAL or NTSC.
The difference between the two is the refresh rate. NTSC is approx 60Hz and PAL is 50Hz. The Apple TV will happily convert 50Hz to 60Hz and vice versa. It will output to whatever refresh rate is set in the Audio/Video settings on your Apple TV - which if you are in the US will most likely already be 60Hz. There should be no need to change these settings.
However, you may notice that motion (such as scrolling titles and slow pans) will not be as smooth due to the conversion.
But, in practice this is not a problem.
In short, the answer is YES.
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It used to be that apple's DVD player could play a PAL dvd just fine on the display but now the frame rate drifts in and out of sync as though it no longer understands that the TV is set to 50hz.
Although I used to use DVD player all the time I haven't done so for quite some months so I don't know when this started happening although I have a feeling that it was with a recent OS X update.
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I suggest that you create 15-second silent audio slug that you can use to move the audio the same amount you have moved the video.
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Would I be able to play DVDs from non-US regions on my iMac?

Yes, you could, but (and this a BIG but):
When you first insert a DVD, the DVD player is set to the region the first DVD is in (I believe region 1 for the US); if you then want to play a PAL DVD, you'll be prompted to set the region to that (could be 2 - I'm not sure which number).
The problem is that you are only allowed a total of 5 choices - period. On the 5th time, whatever choice you made will be the last....
I've heard there are external burner/players which are region free; I'd suggest you look into one of those which will avoid the problem altogether.

Can my iBook play PAL DVDs?

I've read the threads about how to convert, but what about just sticking the PAL DVD in and hitting play on the built in DVD player? Will it work? I want to get Irish sports (hurling, rugby, etc) DVD videos, but they are all PAL format!

You might try VLC for DVD playback. It ignores region codes and just plays the movie.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14738
The 5 region changes is a DVD industry rule, separate from Apple.
The ATI Displays utility might be helpful in switching between NTSC and PAL DVDs. The latest version is here.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21573

IMac don't play PAL DVDs only NTSC.

The PAL DVD gets ejected after a short time. Why? When I insert a DVD with NTSC it works fine. DVD-player starts automatically and plays the disc.
My iMac model is late 2009 with OS X Yosemite 10.10.3

But if I insert a DVD with region 0 (all regions) it plays just fine.
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Hi. I just finished a dvd in pal. It plays perfectly on my computer's dvd player. Just for fun, I checked it on my home dvd player, tv and all are ntsc. It played fine, but had not audio. I really don't have a way to qc this disc. I guess my question is "is the dvd player on my computer sufficient for qc"? It should play in europe properly, right? Thanks!

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Since my TV is NTSC (and so is my LG DVD player), I figured I was out of luck. I then thought of my iMac G5 - Will this DVD play on my iMac ?
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I'm trying to figure out if I need to convert several NTSC dvd's into PAL format to send to a friend's mom in Israel (she's very sick and would like to see these soon).
Since I've never converted between these formats, I've been doing lots of research and keep getting more confused. I downloaded JES Deinterlacer (i think thats what its called) but I'm not sure I need it since I read the following on an imovie FAQ website:
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My German TV is 14 years old and cannot handle PAL60 or NTSC; I would need one of those rare players that convert to PAL50 (usually with poor results).
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Here's the work-around I use, which just requires that you have enough free space on your hard drive to hold the entire VIDEO_TS file (up to 8 GB): Download the freeware program Mac the Ripper (Google it, then find a site that MacroVision hasn't hacked into and shut down, and proceed with the download and installation). Insert the DVD you want to watch. The DVD player in your Mac will then ask you if you want to use one of your few remaining region switches. IGNORE that dialog box altogether--just leave it open without selecting anything (if you select CANCEL it'll eject your DVD, so don't do that).
Open Mac the Ripper and following the clear instruction manual to set the controls properly copy the DVD into your Mac (I choose to save the file in the Movie folder). Takes about 20-25 minutes for most movies, and the copy you get is stripped of region coding. When that is done, close MTR, go back to the dialog box of your DVD player, hit CANCEL, and let the disk eject. Then reopen the DVD player, and have it open the VIDEO_TS file. Playback will proceed as if you were watching the DVD itself.
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I have recently finished a dvd in PAL format with about 4.5GB total video once compressed. Now I need to get this into an NTSC version. Is it possible to use Compressor 2 to convert the DVD compressed clips/audio [the ones ready for PAL DVD] into NTSC format ready to build my project in DVDSP? Or do I need my original quicktime clips in PAL format and change them to NTSC in Compressor 2 then make them into NTSC DVD ready clips? Also what is the best setting for NTSC DVD in compressor that will be ok for the size of my final version [4.5GB]. Sorry about these questions but I made the PAl version with compressor 1 and there was far less settings to worry about.
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A friend of mine told me that if my project is in PAL I can compress it as PAL & author a PAL DVD but all the player in the world including NTSC in US can play this PAL dvd too.
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For NTSC:
Most people in the USA have NTSC ONLY DVD Players. This will NOT play a PAL DVD. Most people in the USA have NTSC TV's and a if they did have a PAL DVD player, it would play the DVD, but would not show up right on the TV.
Many NTSC monitors like my Sony can switch between NTSC and PAL, etc.
I have a PAL DVD player here at work, but it is 220V and i had to buy a converter to down convert it back to 110V.
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But you are pretty much barred for the most part in the USA for playing a PAL DVD. We just don't do PAL, only NTSC.
Then there is the whole region code thing to add in to this as well.

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