No DLT Machine? Writing a DL project to 2 DVD-R discs as DDP images

Question

There is yet another way to get a DL project to the factory if you do not have a DLT machine, and do not have access to DL discs in the correct format.
Write the DDP images to 2 single layer discs instead!
This requires the use of GEAR Pro Mastering Edition again, and is incredibly easy to do.
What you need to do here is follow the original guides in the FAQ sections for setting the Layer Break manually, but instead of writing the project to DLT tapes or to DVD-R DL/DVD+R DL media, what we do next is write the project to a DDP file on the HDD instead.
This will result in 2 folders appearing - Layer 0 and Layer 1.
Each of these has the necessary information for the replication plant to manufacture the discs - all we need to do is get them onto 2 discs instead of 2 DLT tapes.
This is simplicity itself.
Launch your burning application.
Create a new DVD-ROM project.
Name it (Project)_Layer_1
Broswe to the 2 folders with the DDP files in them, and add the contents in this exact order
DDPID
CONTROL.DAT
IMAGE.DAT
(Checksum.txt - optional)
(Log file - optional)
Burn the disc.
Repeat for Layer 1.
That is all there is to it.
What will happen at the factory is the Eclipse verification system will look for the DDPID file at the root level of the disc. If it cannot find it, it will assume it is dealing with a standard DVD-ROM disc instead, but if it is there it will know what is going on, load the files, and ask for Layer 1 after it has finished in the normal manner.
EDIT.
I have just been informed by a VERY reliable source that you can also write a copy protected image to DVD-R discs in this manner.
So that DLT machine is finally obsolete.

Answer 1

>Everyone's an expert.
ARcoSS and RipGuard aren't flags, they use a non-standard file structure (i.e. delibrate errors). This requires you create the DDP set (author) using a low level application. They support Sonic products. Try reading the requirments over ta sony DADC and Macrovision...it won't wortk w/ Encore.
Who care about the ACP flags it's useless.
I wouldn't call my self an expert (An EX is a has-been, and a SPURT is a drip under pressure :) ) but I have managed to successfully author countless titles with no problems.
Wat I can state for you hyyt99 is that you do not seem to understand this at all.
CSS costs you nothing - it is free. As far as "pointless" goes, it is not much use as a copy protection system but then again, there is absolutely
i no way at all to guarantee any DVD-Video disc cannot be copied.
Period.
NONE of the available options will protect against anyone for long.
Let's go through the lists again.
CSS - Free at point of replication. Flag has to be added at creation of DLT master or DDP/CMF image.
ACP - or Macrovision. Works as long as the analogue device respects the system. Type 1 is the sole option for PAL, as Types 2 & 3 use Colourstripe, which only works on NTSC standard discs. It tells the copying device the signal strength is much higher than it really is and results in an extremely low level copy. Copying to VHS tapes is very common in Asia, Africa & Arabian countries. Macrovision tend to buy up the patents or rights to boxes that can defeat it.
Flag has to be set at creation of Masters (DLT, CMF or DDP) and carries a setup fee & a per disc royalty. The replication facility must be licensed by Macrovision.
ARcoSS/RipGuard.
You're only correct in saying that the flags are not set in authoring. They are not. They do NOT, repeat NOT need to be set at all for the DLT/DDP/CMF masters. You need to tell the replication plant you require these, there is a setup fee & a per disc royalty involved, as there is with ACP. There is certainly no way at all to create these discs at home - it is done at the factory, and only at the factory.
Truth is, you cannot protect any DVD-Video disc, or Blu Ray disc, or HD DVD disc at all. It takes a maximum of $30 to buy an application that strips the lot out.
The *only* uncracked protection system is Verance's Watermarking technology for DVD-Audio. And the supreme irony here is that this format is in a deep coma. Yet the watermark travels, and any copies will simply not play. A version of this that can go to DVD-Video is apparently in the works - and speed the day. Who would bother with a disc that has no audio!!