[X4U] Making a DVD copy-CSS protection

[Crandon David]

Update...the disc made with Fast DVD Copy lost audio and then froze a  
little while later...
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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