[mythtv-users] DVD rip preserving menus

Kyle Rose krose+mythtv at krose.org
Wed May 25 01:07:51 UTC 2005


> Actually, libdvdcss will generate new keys for the material off the copy
> since you're copying everything (including Xing's unencrypted private
> key and all the encrypted keys along with the encrypted content--you're
> copying all the bits from the disc).  Remember in *nix, everything is a
> file.  A DVD driver is a file.  A file into which the contents of a DVD
> read from a DVD drive is a file.  Therefore, libdvdcss doesn't care
> where the CSS-encrypted content exists.  If you want proof, delete your
> ~/.dvdcss directory and all its contents and play the DVD from the copy...

Really?  I have tried this in the past, and it didn't work.  Then again,
I may be presuming this explanation for the behavior (read: talking out
of my ass) due to some other problem with playing from files.

Cheers,
Kyle


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