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>> I'd like to back up the files on my DVD-Audio discs. The files are |
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>> encrypted and I don't want to decrypt them, I just want to back them |
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>> up. I'm getting I/O errors when I try to cp the files, and I'm |
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>> guessing it's because of the encryption. Does anyone know of a method |
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>> that would back these discs up in their encrypted form? |
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> That doesn't work that way. What you get is actually garbage and is not |
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> "encrypted" (otherwise you would be able to copy it to another DVD). |
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> Creating a copy of an audio DVD which is itself encrypted would defeat the |
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> purpose of a copy protection, since even though encrypted, it's still a |
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> copy, and the protection wants to prevent that. If you can copy it, it |
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> wouldn't be protected :P |
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Not thinking clearly. Thank you Nikos. |
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- Grant |
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> I don't know of any software for Linux that can decrypt it, only for Windows |
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> and even then it's a bit hard to find since sites offering it are being |
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> hunted by American anti-piracy companies. |
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