Hi all, the standard Linux rippers don't yet
get around the new Sony Arccos copy protection,
but I'm told DVD-Decrypter works. Has anyone
gotten it to work on Linux? I've read a few
threads that claim it does, but when I run it
under wine it doesn't find any DVD/CD devices.

anyone?
thanks,
-ed
(edfardos at yahoo.com)

(wanting to backup "The Forgotten" with this new
copy protection)

I got it to work - had to use ide-scsi to make
my DVD drive look like a SCSI device rather than
IDE - DVDDecrypter runs great, as does DVDShrink
on Linux using Wine (windows emulator). I'll
use Linux tools for the majority of disks knowing
I can use DVDDecrypter on Linux (I'd rather go
back to watching VHS than install Windows).

--edfardos

Hi,

I'm encountering the same problem. Could you explain me how to achieve this configuration.

thx

edit /boot/grub/menu.lst put "ide-scsi=/dev/hd<a>"
where <a> is the letter of your dvd drive. This
will magically make the drive a scsi device which
Wine can use. as root 'chmod 777 /dev/sg0' to
give permissions to your user with the scsi device.
"modprobe ide-scsi" to load the scsi emulation
module too.

After that, Wine and DVDDecrypter will find your
device and rip those troublesome Arccos DVDs.
Otherwise, steer clear of Windows as much as
possible.

-edfardos

make that "hd<a>=ide-scsi" -- example:

title Linux - craiger
kernel (hd0,2)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 hdd=ide-scsi splash=silent desktop resume=/dev/hda1 showopts
initrd (hd0,2)/boot/initrd

-edfardos

@edfardos, I am a Linux n00b, when I try to edit the .lst file, it says I don't have permission. How do I grant myself permission? With the su -l command?

wooo what did u just say edit what and where step by step what is the first thing i click on starting from desktop