[X4U] Making a DVD copy-CSS protection

[Crandon David]

Hey Brett,

Thanks for your reply.

I used MacTheRipper and it came out fine. I then tried Toast 6 to  
make a copy using the DATA tab, and chose DVD-ROM (UDF). It burned  
OK, but verification said it had a bad sector, and sure enough about  
halfway through it froze. This happened twice more, once with Toast 7.

Next I tried Fast DVD Copy and it burned it OK, it's playing now, and  
I'll see if it plays through all the way. But while it IS playing on  
my 3 year old Pioneer DVD player, Apples DVD Player on my computer  
wouldn't recognize it. I also noticed that the icon of the disc on my  
computer was titled "DVD MOVIE" and not the real title of the disc.   
(Led Zeppelin I).

Launching Disk Utility (I'm using 10.4.11), doesn't show exactly the  
chose for formatting as you suggested, but it does have two options  
that might work...you tell me. One is "DVD/CD Master" and the other  
is "UDIF stub". There are many others of course.

What do you think? These coasters are getting expensive! Although  
Fry's has there store brand DVD+R for a little over a buck each.

David


On Feb 7, 2008, at 11:00 PM, Brett Conlon wrote:

> 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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