DVD copyright protection

I use DVD Studio Pro to make DVDs and I am unable to copy protect them. Do I ned to get different hardware to copy protect the DVDs I make? If so what is your recommendation.

Unless you make replicated discs (macrovision, CSS or some others through Sony) you cannot do it, and it is all easily defeated anyway

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    Maybe some of you have already experienced this. But I just installed an internal DVD player in my PC with "Power DVD" software. I was quite happy playing several different DVD's until recently when an error message came up stating: "The TV Out port of your display card is not working properly", and: "This copy protected disc can not be played when the TV out function is enabled".
     Now I have had much problems in the past with TV out. Driver updates do not support the TV out function, and it in effect becomes disabled. However, in the VGA card bios it is still enabled by default. So I have a video card that says TV out doesn't work and a DVD player which says it does. BUT, there doesn't seem to be a tab or button anywhere in the configuration utility to disable it!
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    Hi,
    I'm not familiar with your hardware, but here's a couple of things you could try.
    TV-out is usually not enabled in the first place if there is no TV connected, so you could either boot without the TV connected, or disable it by disconnecting and then clicking on the "Detect Displays" button (at somewhere like Display Properties -> Settings -> Advanced -> nVidia). Note that the test for presence of a TV is a fairly simple resistance measurement, which will detect a connected TV or VCR etc., even if it is switched off.
    Hopefully, the copy protection will then not think that you are trying to copy the DVD to a VCR connected to the TV out port. (Naturally, no-one would ever think of using an external VGA-TV converter    )
    TVTool is also worth checking out at http://www.tvtool.de - although it might not work with your hardware.
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  • DVD Copyright Protection (Bypass?)

    I teach HS Television/Radio. I am not trying to do anything illegal. My students are to be making Movie Trailers using a DVD. Our capture screen is giving us the copyright error. I've tried, puting a VCR in between, using obscure cords, etc. Is there anyway around this?

    > Thanks captain obvious. Tell me something I didn't know. I was aksing for a tip, not a notice from the FCC
    trentschler,
    No need to be so hostile.
    You got tips, but you also got a reminder that you should examine your methods and intentions at least once more before you undertake your project. As you know, (better than anyone) your actions significantly impact the outlook and perceptions of the young minds you teach.
    Like all advice given here and elsewhere, only you can determine its worth.
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  • DVD +Copyright/copy protection

    I am a sports videographer. I use Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 to edit and burn game dvds for my customers. My customers are telling me that they are unable to take clips off my dvds to create highlight dvds or video files to send to college coaches on the internet because my dvds are somehow "copyright protected" or copymaking proof signal embedded or whatever the technical term is for what is keeping them from achieving their project. I am not wittingly clicking on any feature to make this happen on purpose. I tried to find the problem and solution in the manual but could not find anything. I hope I am describing my dilemma correctly. Is there a way to disengage this feature so that my customers can do anything they want with the footage on the dvds I make for them?  Thank you for your help.
    TMR

    Welcome to the forum.
    As ATR states, PrE cannot create a DVD-Video with Copy Protection. No burned DVD-Video can have Copy Protection, as such, but only replicated DVD's, and PrE is not capable of producing such material, even if one is going to a replication house. That is not the issue here.
    Now, are you providing the clients with DVD-Video (with the VIDEO_TS folder structure, to be played on a computer with DVD software, or from a set-top DVD player hooked to a TV), or are you providing DVD-Data discs, where you are just Copying the AV files to a DVD disc, for distribution? The discs would look the same, but have different folder structures burned onto them.
    How are your clients trying to extract the files? With a DVD-Video, the media files will be in a VOB container, and those might need to be ripped from the DVD-Video, to be used. PrE can do that ripping, providing that the DVD-Video is 100% DVD-compatible. The VOB's created by PrE should be 100% DVD-compatible. Not all NLE (Non Linear Editor) programs CAN Import and work with VOB's. In those cases, other software is needed to rip the MPEG-2 DVD AV files from the VOB containers, to Import and edit those. This might mean an additional step for the clients, but that will depend on the software that they have access to, and might differ, client to client.
    As a test, though limited to PrE, I would take one of your DVD's, Copy the VIDEO_TS folder to an internal HDD, then Open a New Project in PrE (NTSC, or PAL DV would be the desired Project Preset, and either Standard 4:3, or Widescreen 16:9, depending on which you shot), and then Import the VOB's into that Project. Do you get any errors? Remember, that will ONLY tell you, if you have created the VOB's, such that PrE can Import those. Depending on the clients' software, they might, or might not be able to use the VOB's directly.
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  • Burn Multiple Copyright Protected DVDs

    After I have created a copyright protected DVD (Formatted for CSS), how do I make/format multiple copies?
    I have tried making DVDs where you are allowed mutliple copies from that DVD but subsequent copies cannot be made from the copies. However, I find that the copies I have made from the original CAN in fact be easily copied using Toast.
    I tried copyright protection by Formatting for CSS and that seems to be more difficult for others to duplicate. The problem is that I have not been able to figure out how to format/burn multiple copies straight from DVD Pro. I have been doing it just one at a time.
    I would like to burn/format multiple copies of a copyright protected/no copies allowed DVD I have created. I have a Primera Bravo II Disc Publisher
    Message was edited by: Alex Cena

    Thanks Gary. That helps me on the Primera issue though I can just as easily burn the project onto a DVD burner on my computer then tell Primera's program to copy that x number of times. Your method may be quicker though so I will give it a try.
    In terms of copyright protection, I read what you wrote but I need to follow up with a question. First, when I check "No Copies Allowed" on DVD Pro, my users have not been able to make copies of that DVD. At least not easily with what the average person has on their computer. I want to make multiple copies of that kind of DVD w/o having to do it one at a time. Is there an easy way to accomplish that for runs of about 20 copies? I do runs of 10-20 copies several times a week so I am looking for a way to reduce my workflow.

  • How to best deliver video for bandwidth and copyright protection?

    I'm thinking of producing some online technical video tutorials, and I am wondering how I should deliver them with the following in mind:
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    I appreciate the suggestions, but I'm wondering about the default qualities of using video in Flex:
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  • ** New copyright protections?

    I downloaded (via the iTunes music store) David Gray's new album tonight and tried updating my Shuffle...
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    After tweaking around for awhile I got it to work, but I'm presuming this error is a malfunction of yet another layer of copyright protection recently added to iTunes. Any thoughts?
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    Darren Dittrich followed up on the discovery that Sony was playing a dirty trick on its customers, secretly installing a malware-style "root kit" on their computers via audio CDs:
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  • Importing Disc with Copyright Protection

    I bought a CD in Dubai and am trying to import it into my iTunes but when I put it in the computer it has its own player, and the CD case says it is not compatible with iTunes. It obviously has some kind of copyright protection on it, but I bought it and now I want to put it on my iPod. Any one run into this problem before? I tried using the 'player''s burn software and it just made an exact copy of the CD (with its own player, still refused to import to iTunes), and also tried to burn it with Roxio and ran into errors each time (whether that was the CD or my computer, I don't know).
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    I can't be sure about an imported CD but I don't see how the copyright protection would be any different to a UK or European cd.
    I can confirm that I bought an album which has this stupid restriction on it (Placebo 'Meds') & found a way around the importing into itunes problem.
    I used the option given on the popup player that comes with the cd to 'Save Album'. I did this & it does it automatically to Window Media Player.
    Once it saves the tracks to WMP, open up said player & select the tracks of the album & burn a new cd.
    I guess the new CD has the tracks only & doesn't have the default 'player' with it because on loading the newly burnt CD iTunes opened immediately & I got the option to add files to my library which I did!
    Since the original cd 'player' states it allows you to burn up to 3 copies, this isn't violating the copyright.
    Still, I won't be buying these copyright protected CD's in future. Just plain stupid it is & doomed to fail by pssng off consumers big time.
    (Plus a waste of a cd unlesss you use a re-writable.)
    Good luck with your new importing method!

  • Qosmio x500 cannot play BR disc - copyright protected material

    Hello,
    New on the Blu-ray thing. Yesterday I tried to watch a br movie, rented from the local videoshop.
    When attempting to play it onmy Qosmio x500 says it can't playback copyright protected material.
    What is this? Can I resolve it?

    hi regent8,
    i agree with the said before.
    make sure that your application can handle copyright protected material...
    test alternative players too (vlc, etc)
    if this happens to all of the br-discs maybe the odd has a problem - but i dont think so...
    which software do you use to play those discs?

  • Bluetooth problem - Cannot Connect to Device that is not copyright protected SCMS-T Method

    I have a Qosmio X875-5280 which has a bluetooth adapter. I also have a bluetooth device which is an adapter for a Bose Sounddock such that the device allows the Sounddock to receive the bluetooth audio stream from the laptop -- at least that is how it worked until recently. Diagnostics show that both the bluetooth adapter and the bluetooth device are working. When trying to connect to the device, I now get "connection failed" message or the message "You cannot connect to a device that is not copyright protected by SCMS-T method." It seems the Toshiba bluetooth stack is responsible for this, however, I fail to see why a device which is acting like headphones fails to connect now. I have Windows 7 64 installed. I have uninstalled all of the bluetooth drivers and re-installed them several times. Attached is a pdf file which shows all messages and settings relevant to the issue.
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  • How can i copyright protect any folder in phone me...

    how can i copyright protect any folder in my nokia 311 phone memory ? thats show dellet option but anybody cannot delet it. help me....please

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  • J2ME copyright protection articles, reviews etc.

    Hi!
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    It's really simple, nothing to do with copyright: Apple has not yet created a version of its iBooks app for OS X, while the other ebook suppliers have done so for their own ereaders. Many users are asking for this, and eventually Apple will no doubt release one through its new Mac App Store.

  • How do I copy a DVD to my mac, and then trim it to upload clips to YouTube? They are not copyright protected DVDs.

    I am trying to take a DVD (non copyrighted) and be able to add 10 min clips of it to a YouTube Channel. How do I copy that DVD to my Mac and trim the clips I want to upload. Thank you.

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    No material may be submitted that is intended to promote or commit an illegal act.
    Do not submit software or descriptions of processes that break or otherwise ‘work around’ digital rights management software or hardware. This includes conversations about ‘ripping’ DVDs or working around FairPlay software used on the iTunes Store.
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  • DVD Copy Protection without CSS

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  • Writing DVD copyright for own movie?

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    You can put your own copywrite notice at the start of the DVD.
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