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iDVD regions - recording & playing?

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So I'd like to record a movie and slideshow of my kids for their grandmother in iDVD. Simple enough. I've got the tools, I can do this, but my question is about regions. I know we're region #1 here in the US, so I assume that once I'd selected this (and I have) in iDVD, it will record my DVD in region #1.

My mother lives in China. :p

More than likely her computer (or DVD player) is set to Region # 6. Not knowing a whole lot about regions, I'm wondering if recording a DVD will produce it in a regional code or region-free, and if I need to do anything special to make sure she can play it there. Ideas? Thoughts?
 
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iDVD creates region free discs - see here - link.
 
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BUT you may need to set the DVD to be PAL format in order for the DVD to play properly (nothing to do with regions).
 
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Thought of that too, but not sure if this would carry over to computers or simply DVD players only. I do know they make & sell "multi-system" DVD players overseas that (supposedly) play NTSC and PAL, but its all rather moot if Mom doesn't have one. She, natually, has no clue what she has.

Time to experiment! ;P
 

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