Wolf Creek U.K. BD

[puffyrock2]

I am having trouble with this disc. I get a 'format not supported' message but I see that the disc is region free once you get past the opening previews. I cannot fast-forward and the movie never plays. I have a Panasonic player.

[nametag]

Originally Posted by puffyrock2

I am having trouble with this disc. I get a 'format not supported' message but I see that the disc is region free once you get past the opening previews. I cannot fast-forward and the movie never plays. I have a Panasonic player.

If it's a US player and you read the above messages you'll see that its because the previews are in PAL which most US players will not support or be able to get past. If it's a UK player, then you shouldn't be having problems...

[The Driver]

I've managed to get to the movie several times when there's PAL content by going via the chapter or title operation.

It should be possible but if the very start of the disc is PAL it may be difficult. Mind this will play on any Blu-ray computer -the problem is with your TV (and stupid disc producer).

I will have a go later on with my Region A player and post back if I can find a workaround!

[The Driver]

OK, easy PAL workaround!

Pop the disc in and wait for the message. Press stop. Then I hit 1 on the keypad and on the Sony that brings up the "Title" section and it automatically goes to "Title 1" (which is the movie in this case -maybe different on other discs).

You may need to press the "Resume" button then "Title" (if you have that button on your machine -the Sony doesn't). The film starts and all the popup menus work but of course if you want to watch the making of you will have problems as that's PAL.

So, this lets you play the movie and changes options on the fly but if there's PAL content it's a no-go if you have a bog standard NTSC USA TV. I say USA because the vast majority of TVs outside the USA are multi-format (NTSC, PAL, SECAM). I have relatives in Canada and their TVs play PAL/SECAM too. I'm guessing that's due to France having SECAM for old video cassettes.

Next time you buy a TV or Blu-ray player make sure it's multi-TV format (doesn't need to be multi-region but that's no good sometimes if it's not multi-format). I think it would be impossible to buy a TV in the UK, Europe, Japan, Asia or anywhere else I can think of that's not multi-format.

TV systems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadca...vision_systems

Main problem here though is the disc producer is dumb.

[puffyrock2]

Originally Posted by The Driver

OK, easy PAL workaround!

Pop the disc in and wait for the message. Press stop. Then I hit 1 on the keypad and on the Sony that brings up the "Title" section and it automatically goes to "Title 1" (which is the movie in this case -maybe different on other discs).

You may need to press the "Resume" button then "Title" (if you have that button on your machine -the Sony doesn't). The film starts and all the popup menus work but of course if you want to watch the making of you will have problems as that's PAL.

So, this lets you play the movie and changes options on the fly but if there's PAL content it's a no-go if you have a bog standard NTSC USA TV. I say USA because the vast majority of TVs outside the USA are multi-format (NTSC, PAL, SECAM). I have relatives in Canada and their TVs play PAL/SECAM too. I'm guessing that's due to France having SECAM for old video cassettes.

Next time you buy a TV or Blu-ray player make sure it's multi-TV format (doesn't need to be multi-region but that's no good sometimes if it's not multi-format). I think it would be impossible to buy a TV in the UK, Europe, Japan, Asia or anywhere else I can think of that's not multi-format.

TV systems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadca...vision_systems

Main problem here though is the disc producer is dumb.

Thanks, I got it to work. When I insert the disc, I get a screen saying 'format not supported'. I hit stop on the remote and then I hit 1 and OK. The LCD on the Panasonic says 'STOP'. I hit 1 and OK one more time and the movie plays.