[X4U] Making a DVD copy-CSS protection

[Brett Conlon]

Hi David,

Yes, MacTheRipper is your buddy for removing copy protectiuon as  
others have noted.

I'm not sure about 10.4 but on 10.5, once you have a folder containing  
the VIDEO_TS folder (and perhaps the DVD also has other items in it  
like PC games or other additional files in there too) a FREE and easy  
way to create a UDF formatted disc (UDF is the native format for DVD  
players - some players may reject non-UDF formatted discs) is to  
launch Disk Utility and choose "Disc Image from Folder" under the File/ 
New menus. Then choose the DVD folder created by MacTheRipper and  
specify "hyb rid image (HFS+/ISO/UDF) from the format menu and save  
the image file to wherever you want. You can then use Disc Utility or  
Toast Lite to burn the image.

I had a look in 10.3's Disk Utility and it doesn't have the hybrid  
format option.

Cheers,

Cojcolds

ps. I also have a small AppleScript droplet app that will create a UDF  
formatted ISO file from a dropped folder and burn it for you if you  
like.


On 08/02/2008, at 8:14 AM, Crandon David wrote:

> OK, since the courts have said it's OK for someone to have their own  
> personal copy of a commercial CD or DVD, how do I go about copying it?
>
> Toast 7 & 8 won't let me make a copy when the movie DVD has the CSS  
> copy protection scheme. Toast 6 will let me make a copy since it  
> doesn't notice the CSS protection, but then the copy won't play in  
> DVD Player because it doesn't have the CSS copy protection plan on  
> the disc...
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> David
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