Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Copying encrypted files from a DVD

Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote:

>
> On 16 May 2009, at 17:20, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> >> ...
> >> It WILL make an exact copy of the DVD onto the drive (assuming DVD
> >> video, and no ARccOS [1]), it will just be an exact copy of the
> >> *encrypted* movie. It won't be playable without an additional
> >> decryption step (although mplayer can include this step
> >> automagically), but it will be an *exact* copy.
> >
> > Even with a DVD-Video, you will not be able to make a copy of the DVD
> > using dd if the DVD is using CSS.
> >
> > The sectors that are carrying content from VOB files will not be
> > redable before
> > you unlock the drive using e.g. dvdbackup.
>
> I'm assuming you're talking about cross-region copies here? I.E. a
> region 2 disk in a region 2 drive will still be clonable in this way?

I cannot tell as I never set up a DVD-ROM drive for a CSS region.

> Certainly I have copied disks using `dd` a number of times, PRIOR to
> decryption / ripping. However I cannot state the drives' status for
> sure - most of mine have region-free firmware applied as soon as I get
> them.

There are still a lot of DVD-Video media that don't use CSS.

Jörg

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