CD & DVD Best dvd ripping program for protected dvds.

Hi guys

Im looking for a program which i can use to copy a protected dvd from a wedding album.

the photographer is charging 40 pound per dvd which i think is outrageous thats why im i want to copy some for the family and save the expense.

any ideas would be appreciated.


cheers Mr p

AnyDVD is probably the best as it has support for both DVD and Blu Ray, have a searched for a cracked copy if you dont fancy the outlay for it

will do mate thanks alot

I would use dvdshrink for windows or k9copy for linux

ryan301 said:

I would use dvdshrink for windows or k9copy for linux

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dvdshrink doesn't remove copy protection. As mentioned by Digi, AnyDVD is probably the best ripper out there.

DVDdecrypter was always a very good FREE program which ripped and unprotected 99% of dvd's. It stumbled a bit with new menu protection on Sony discs.

Are you sure the discs are actually protected?

It costs a lot of money to license the macrovision protection system and a small company probably wouldn't even bother, even though they may say they "protect" their discs.

Like a lot of companies their copyright notices are just words printed on a label.

Just try to copy the video_ts folder to your hard drive, if it won't then it's protected, if it will then it isnt.

Captin said:

Are you sure the discs are actually protected?

It costs a lot of money to license the macrovision protection system and a small company probably wouldn't even bother, even though they may say they "protect" their discs.

Like a lot of companies their copyright notices are just words printed on a label.

Just try to copy the video_ts folder to your hard drive, if it won't then it's protected, if it will then it isnt.

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I was wondering the same thing, there are products aside from macrovision but AFAIK all DVD-R copy protection can easily be bypassed. The best copy protection involves producing DVD out of spec with standards which means they must to from a pressing plant, i.e. big bucks.

oneman said:

I was wondering the same thing, there are products aside from macrovision but AFAIK all DVD-R copy protection can easily be bypassed. The best copy protection involves producing DVD out of spec with standards which means they must to from a pressing plant, i.e. big bucks.

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Macrovision was the only one I could think of at the time.

Of course the main form of protection is CSS which DVDdecrypter and other software can get around.

There are forms of protection that videographers can also use to protect their works such as Patronus which encrypts parts of the discs not read by dvd players but is read by dvd-rom drives, this is more like anti ripping protection. But again it needs to be licensed and it's cheap enough for casual wedding videographers. It is also used on dvd-r type discs and is just software used to burn the discs.

I use dvdfab platinum it has always worked for me, if you have no joy with the other suggestions.

Cinavia is now the biggest threat started by Sony and adopted by all other manufacturers its been around 5 years and is embedded in the audio stream, It's the one that even stops most Cam's being done from the cinema.

You know the one you watch something for around 20 minutes then all of a sudden a warning pops up on a black screen but the Audio carries on. This is also in 99% of networked available Blu ray and DVD players.

But as been mentioned i doubt some Photographer could afford the outlay to add cinavia to his own made DVD's

digi247 said:

Cinavia is now the biggest threat started by Sony and adopted by all other manufacturers its been around 5 years and is embedded in the audio stream, It's the one that even stops most Cam's being done from the cinema.

You know the one you watch something for around 20 minutes then all of a sudden a warning pops up on a black screen but the Audio carries on. This is also in 99% of networked available Blu ray and DVD players.

But as been mentioned i doubt some Photographer could afford the outlay to add cinavia to his own made DVD's

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DVDFAB claims to get around it for the playtstation 3. HERE

I also found this article on tf quite funny, it must do something. HERE

DVDShrink works ok alongside DVD43 add on.

why the encyrption its not illegal to copy for personal use now

cat010 said:

why the encyrption its not illegal to copy for personal use now

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its still illegal to circumvent DRM protection

oneman said:

its still illegal to circumvent DRM protection

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But cat010 is still right, it's not illegal to copy for personal use. Redistribution is illegal.

You can't just add some copy protection to something someone has paid their money for and then say it's illegal.

Fangface said:

But cat010 is still right, it's not illegal to copy for personal use. Redistribution is illegal.

You can't just add some copy protection to something someone has paid their money for and then say it's illegal.

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AFAIK, the law is pretty straightforward. If you purchase media and its not copy protected then you can make copies for personal use. If the media is copy protected that you can't make copies for personal use.

oneman said:

AFAIK, the law is pretty straightforward. If you purchase media and its not copy protected then you can make copies for personal use. If the media is copy protected that you can't make copies for personal use.

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But thats the point if you can copy for personal use the company's should not be putting copy protection on the goods in the uk

oneman said:

AFAIK, the law is pretty straightforward. If you purchase media and its not copy protected then you can make copies for personal use. If the media is copy protected that you can't make copies for personal use.

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Well according to the recent law change, it doesn't matter if it's copy protected or not as long as it is for your own personal use.

BBC News - UK legalises music, film and e-book back-ups

It's illegal to rip a product that has been rented but not anything that has been purchased.

Fangface said:

Well according to the recent law change, it doesn't matter if it's copy protected or not as long as it is for your own personal use.

BBC News - UK legalises music, film and e-book back-ups

It's illegal to rip a product that has been rented but not anything that has been purchased.

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Even your own link says its still illegal to circumvent DRM as does government official site which says if there is DRM preventing you from making a backup then you can apply to the security of state who will decide if the copyright owner needs to remove DRM to allow personal copies. You can read the whole thing yourself if you want,

As I said, you cannot go round willy nilly removing DRM even for personal backups. Now of course the chances of getting caught are ziltch but does not make it legal.

The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Personal Copies for Private Use) Regulations 2014

(2) After section 296ZE(2) insert—[h=3]“Remedy where restrictive measures prevent or restrict personal copying[/h]296ZEA. (1) This section applies where an individual is prevented from making a personal copy of a copyright work, or is restricted in the number of personal copies of it which may be made, because of a restrictive measure applied by or on behalf of the copyright owner.

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oneman said:

Even your own link says its still illegal to circumvent DRM as does government official site which says if there is DRM preventing you from making a backup then you can apply to the security of state who will decide if the copyright owner needs to remove DRM to allow personal copies. You can read the whole thing yourself if you want,

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Why are you making comments about 'removing' DRM?
The link I provided even states it...
"The law does not say that things have to be un-DRM-ed," said Alice Enders, from the media consultancy Enders Analysis.

You are just seeing what you want to see just to suit your own agenda.
I'll put it simply so you can keep up:

The copyright holder's attempt to protect his content using DRM is protected by law. However, a media owner's rights to make copies is also protected by law.

If the content owner makes the DRM so tough to circumvent that it's impossible to make a copy, then at that point the government needs to be notified.