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

[Grant Edwards]

On 2009-05-16, Joerg Schilling <Joerg.Schilling@××××××××××××××××.de> 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.

That's always been my experience.

> The sectors that are carrying content from VOB files will not
> be redable before you unlock the drive using e.g. dvdbackup.

Again, that's what I've always seen.

-- 
Grant