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jetdv wrote on 4/11/2004, 4:15 AM
No. Any DVDs can easily be copied (including Hollywood DVDs WITH copy protection) with a few programs downloaded from the internet. Besides, copy protection that is available only works if you have them replicated which is cost prohibitive for small runs.
cheroxy wrote on 4/12/2004, 10:51 AM
The best copy protection is to tell (and if possible do) everyone that you will personalize each dvd with their name in the intro or something similar. This helps a little because why would dave want a dvd that says troy's dance session.
later,
Cheroxy
Chienworks wrote on 4/12/2004, 2:02 PM
Well, Dave might prefer making a copy of Troy's disc for the cost of a blank DVD rather than paying $20 to get his own personalized copy.

I'm not sure that even the Hollywood protection schemes help much. Using nothing more than Windows Explorer you can usually drag all the files from a commercial DVD to the hard drive, then burn them to a new blank using Roxio or Nero (as long as they'll fit on a 4.7GB disc, of course). It's not particularly effective protection.
Rogueone wrote on 4/13/2004, 6:38 AM
That's really odd, I've had incredible trouble trying to copy the DVDs that I burned. I finally had to resort to burning a backup disc with the UDF Data disc format. Whenever I tried to copy the files to my hard drive from a typical burn, somewhere along the process it would cancel because it said it couldn't read from the source file. I don't know what happens when I burn, but it seems to create protection on mine!
ScottW wrote on 4/13/2004, 5:49 PM
Did you create the DVD with DVDA? How large are the VOB files? I read a post where someone mentioned that if your VOB file is right at the 2GB limit, and since DVDA appears to be creating VOB files that violate the spec (they are 1 byte too large), windows won't copy the VOB file.
Rogueone wrote on 4/14/2004, 9:33 AM
If I recall, on average my VOB files are right around 1 GB each. Maybe one hits the 1.2-1.5 size, but mostly they are under a GB. And yes, DVDA burns all my videos. I only use Nero to burn the UDF format for backups.