I have made a few home made dvds of my fav football team. I want to make copies for my friends but i dont want anyone else to copy them. Is there software available to put some sort of protection on them? thanks
Right off the top I know Ulead DVD Workshop can do it and sonic scenarist, but I don't know what if anything else can.
wozski, magus7091 may be right I have not tried either of those programs but I would think that is going to be tough to do. With programs like anydvd or decryptor and many others, I doubt you will pull this off if all the big movie companys can't accomplish this I dont see how you will be able to or they would be doing it to. Sorry
I hear what your saying - thanks for replying, both of you ) When i get the program up, what should i be looking for?
Not sure how in Ulead but in scenarist you just select settings then copy protection settings. Unfortunately as slmh1296 said, CSS doesn't keep other people from making backups of their movies, so it likely wouldn't keep the people you're giving it to from copying it.
i appreciate what your saying ut if there is a hint of protection then im gonna try it. Thanks for your time )
There is no protection in Scenarist (or any other authoring program)!!! Do not attempt to use it otherwise the DVDs will not work. In order to use CSS or Macrovision, you will need a DLT machine or a Pioneer authoring drive (DVR-S201) and have authority (license) to use CSS or Macrovision. It will cost lots of money!!!! What Scenarist and other commercial/profesisonal DVD Authoring programs can do is place flags for CSS or Macrovision to be added in the replication process. This means you have to send your DLT or DVD-RA to the pressing facility and they put the protection on the disc. Also, don't forget that if you want to use those replication facilities, there are minumum number of discs to press (I think 500 but I could be wrong). The only "copy protection" that is possible on DVDR is structure based and read error based. This would be similar to Sony ARccOS and Macrovision Ripguard. This has to be done manually and you will need experience with IFOEditors and figure out ways to trick your PC to first accept/create the corrupted DVD Image and second burn unreadable sectors. There are a couple of problems with this type of protection though... First, it is not easy to apply to the DVD. There are lots of things that can go wrong and the DVD will not work correctly. Also, there is a good chance that Windows will automatically correct most of the corruption during the burning process and limit the amount of "protection". Second, since this is manually applied, it is nearly impossible to crack the corruption (this includes AnyDVD). It seems like Sony and Macrovision use some type of automated process to apply the corruption, so it is rather easy for these programs to spot. For manually applied corruption, it is much more difficult especially if you know what you are doing. Now, for preventing casual copying, you can simply add some garbage data and put a scratch or hole in the disc. This can be done effectively by first burning the garbage only on a DVDRW. Now, add the garbage on the DVD and now burn your movie. Now, at about halfway through the garbage data, place a hole in the disc using a pin or something else that is sturdy, thin and sharp. Use the DVDRW as a guide on where to place the hole. While possible to make an ISO, it will take many many hours and it will not be worth it for anyone to do. However, this will definately NOT stop programs that can parse IFOs like DVD Decrypter, AnyDVD, CloneDVD2, DVD Shrink, etc... Also, unless if you make the garbage VTS_01_x.VOB, it will not stop windows explorer from copying the DVD through drag and drop. So, in short, if you want to prevent someone from making an ISO with something like Nero, then it is pretty easy, but if you want to stop someone with any knowledge of DVD Ripping, it is next to impossible.
Ah, sorry, I was just reading up on features, and thought that would do the trick. I didn't realize it would have to be supported in the actual production of the disc, not just authoring and compilation...
Yeah, I thought the same at first, but after doing research, I found out if only flags the project for encryption. Maybe the Pioneer burner can encrypt the DVD and burn the CSS area, but I am not sure. I doubt that too many people own this burner because it is still around $3,000 and those DVD-RA discs are about $1.50 per disc and quite rare.
If you already have the ISO, you will need some software that can edit the ISO directly. I do not do this sort of thing, so I can't think of any. I suggest you rip the ISO and try to "protect" part of the DVD folder. Simple corruptions can stop casual copiers and are easy to implement.
message sent to PM. @gogochar, Sometimes people do it just for the thought of being able to do it. I did it for the challenge of beating these software that I use and to kill free time. I agree that Copy protection/corruption is bad. Also, it is not that easy to get an effective scheme. In the long run it is not worth it since even freeware like DVDFab Decrypter can break it.
