[mythtv-users] Anyone else having problems ripping new movies?
Ivor Hewitt
ivor at ivor.org
Tue Mar 8 13:29:14 UTC 2005
James Armstrong wrote:
>
>
> Ivor Hewitt wrote:
>
>> Peter Valdemar Morch wrote:
>>
>>> john roberts homepagez-at-lycos.com |Lists| wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm surprised I haven't seen this posted yet - but from google-ing
>>>> around I found there is a new encryption method being used on some of
>>>> the latest movies. This seems to prevent libdvdcss (1.2.8) from
>>>> working.
>>>>
>>>> Just thought you might want to know why "MythDVD/Rip" doesn't work on
>>>> some of the latest movies.
>>>>
>>>> -John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But, uhm, if libdvdcss fails, doesn't that affect playback as well as
>>> ripping? If not, how so?
>>>
>>> Do you have a link or two to the story? What did you search for?
>>>
>>
>> Is this just the new Macrovision RipGuard protection you are talking
>> about? Link:
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/15/macrovision_ripguard/
>>
>> This is not a "new encryption" system. They would not be able to
>> change encryption algorithms otherwise all existing players would stop
>> working.
>>
>
> There is a new Sony encryption. It started around The Forgotten movie
> release, I think there was one movie right before that. It has been
> cracked on the Windows platform already. Don't know anything about
> Linux. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/154963
>
This is NOT a new encryption system either. This is yet another way of
producing corrupt discs that just happen to play on most consumer DVD
players but break ripping software.
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Ivor
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