Putting copy protection on self made mpeg2/dvds

Hi, I'd like to convert a couple video files to dvd and put some sort of copy protection on them.

I currently have Nero Vision Express and WinAvi, although if another program was required, I don't mind purchasing it so feel free to recommend any software.

Thanks!

 

The easiest way is to add dummy data toward the end of the disc and then scratch it or mark it with a marker.

If you want to apply an ARccOS type corruption, you will need a good amount of knowledge of DVD structure.

You can apply corruption with freeware like IFOEdit, however it is not easy to make a DVD compliant disc and include corruption.

Another method that I am working on is one that allows copying of the disc, however, the copy will not work when played. This is a more technical "protection" so I haven't gotten it to work correctly yet (really it is too time consuming to get right and hide).

You can get some info on DVD structure by looking at my ARccOS guides. If you can understand what I am doing in those guides, then you can figure out a corruption on your own. Also, you can take a look at my DVD Editing guides. I posted several guides here at AD.

To the best of my knowledge, there is no software that will add copy protection to a DVD, however, I could be wrong.

 

The toughest protection would be to create a WinRAR archive that's password-protected and burn that to disc. The DVD would be completely unplayable, but a recipient who had the password could extract it and burn. Of course, they'd have to have WinRAR, a DVD burner, blank media, software, etc. so it's not for general distribution or for Newbs, but it can protect your data from Point A to Point B.

 

No worries, thank you both for the tips.

 

if you do a goggle search you will find that there a few sites that you can buy a program that will let you do what you want to do. also you got to understand that the industry has spent millions of dollars to stop people from backingup dvd's so think of that, also what's the big deal on a couple of video files that you have, that you need to be copy protected, a little hankie pankie? ha ha, good luck happy burning have a nice day

 

>>if you do a goggle search you will find that there a few sites that you can buy a program that will let you do what you want to do<<

I'm aware of that. Was looking for better methods.


>>also you got to understand that the industry has spent millions of dollars to stop people from backingup dvd's so think of that<<

Of course I considered that, I expected 0 methods to be fail safe, just want to make it harder so the average a$$hole who couldn't be bothered going to some lengths to copy it wouldn't do so.

>>also what's the big deal on a couple of video files that you have, that you need to be copy protected<<

None of your business.

And no, it's not me having sex, be it with myself, human or animal.

 

one of the best ways to keep people from tryiny to copy your video file is to not loan the dvd out, that way you know that they can not copy it, also if it is that dear to you after you put the video file on a dvd put the disk in a bank safety deposit box so no one but your self will have anyway to get to the disk, hope that helps happy burning have a nice day, if you did a google search like i said in my earler post did you find this site?http://www.secukeeper.com/password-protect-folder-file/features.php

 

im going to asume its cause you are selling said dvds, i saw this post before he edited his first post i think the dude said he was making copys of football games or something.

anyway, i have found dvds that could not be copied with any normal "one click" progs like dvdxcopy and anydvd, not because they had good copy protection (anydvd will break even the most up to date protection if you have the subscription), but because of the totaly weird way the manufacturer made the dvd. basicaly unintentional copy protection.

this wont make the dvd totaly copy proof, it will just eliminate all the one click progs, basicaly stopping 95% of would-be copiers. few people have the skill or patience to rebuild a dvd.

i was considering breaking down the wierd dvds in question myself, figureing out exactly why it is that they cant be one click copied, making a template for it, then selling the template to movie studios. even if i made a little money on it it would be a 100% net gain. they would get the template and be like "this is just the glitch in xxxx dvd we made 8 years ago!" and i would be laughin all the way to the bank.

 

georgeluv you must be doing some thing wrong if you can't make backup's of your backup's using the programs that you have said in your post, you must be smoking some good stuff if you can't make backup's of your backup's!

 

Well, if you screw around with the IFOs enough, you can make a DVD that cannot be ripped even by AnyDVD + any software (at least for a while), but there is a good chance that the DVD will not work.

If you are talking about store bought DVDs, then there is a good chance of a bad press. Those usually do not rip well and have tons of errors. There is also a chance of a cheap company making the disc and it having lots of authoring/mastering errors. This may confuse software into thinking the disc is not a DVD Video, but DVD Data (meaining it will not see the movie or parse the IFOs).

This still would not stop ripping because I tricked software into seeing DVDs as data and I was still able to rip the disc. However, I was able to combine this with carefully placed read errors as well as hiding the contents of the disc and the result was nasty. I was still able to rip the disc, but the average person would not know how and ruin their DVD Drive. You would not see anything like this intentionally though, because the disc would not be guaranteed to be 100% compatible...

 

when did i ever mention backups of backups? im talking about simulating the weirdness on the retail dvd so that when you burn a dvd like them they cant be "one click" copied.

the retail dvd in question is 100% compatable with all dvd players i have tried it on and doesnt have any errors or bad sectors or anything. it wasnt a bad press it was just how they made them. without getting into to much detail its simply made in some totaly unconventional format that dvd players seem to still be able to read but one click rippers cant, most probably cause very few dvds were made like this so there was no demand for them to handle them. yes it definatly could be copied by a determined individual, and im sure if it was to be widely used anydvd would easily make a patch for it but as of right now it doesnt exist.

if you wanted to make your own copy protection like the one im talking about what you would do is find out every last paramater that your average dvd player can handle, then find out the paramaters that all the one click progs can handle. for one reason or another the copy progs paramaters arent as wide as a dvd players. it would take ages to learn all the paramaters of both those things then devise a setup that is standalone player compatable but not one click compatable, but i beleive i lucked out by finding a dvd that actualy is like this already, i jsut have to get aroudn to finding out the exact caracteristics of the dvd that one click progs cant read.

its copy protection by incompatable architecture instead of simple encryption.

think of it as stopping a lock picker by usuing a lock his tools dont fit instead of just trying to put a fancy cover over the lock.

 

ok georgeluv what movie are you talking about that you could not backup? i have not come across a movie that i couldnot backup so you must not be doing something right, also you are saying something about unintentional copy protection where did you get that from? need somemore info on that subject, and how long have you been making backups' of your dvd's? good luck happy burning have a nice day

 

you have some reading comprehention problems dude, I SAID IT CAN STILL BE COPIED JUST NOT BY ONE CLICK PROGS!!!!!!!! AND I SAID IT LIKE 5 TIMES ALREADY!!!! i have been backing up movies to dvd since consumer dvd burners hit the US market.

i said "unintentional copy protection" because the makers of the retail dvd i keep mentioning did not intend for the dvd to be one click copy proof (at least i think, its a B movie they couldnt have felt like spending the time or money to protect it that well), it just is because of the messed up way they made the dvd. lots of movie studios do things like this on purpose for new movies. they usualy do it for movies that they know are going to sell realy well like the latest resident evil dvd or something. they spend lots of time concocting a dvd that will play on normal dvd players but cant be one click copied, problem is that because there is such a demand for said dvd to be copied that the good ol boys at anydvd make a patch imediently and bundle it with the updates they release with all the other patches for uncopiable movies. the dvd i found is no diferent from any other type of architecture incompatability, it just wasnt a widly distributed dvd. they only did one pressing of them like 4 or 5 years ago. if i told you the name of the dvd in question then i might not be able to try to sell its template later myself.

 

i use many of dvd backup programs and yes some one click programs, and most of them work but they need some other programs like anydvd, or dvd 43, or dvd region + css free. to get past the copy protection, so there are no movies out , expect for bluray and hd dvd, that can't be copyed, so you don't know what you are talking about. have a nice day