Copyright protection and DVD burning

Now that my old stereo VCR passed on(without macrovision), I'm in the market for a new computer and DVD burner that would allow me to make copies of my belloved Star Trek DVD collection. I spent more than I would have wanted to on those DVD sets and I know I will eventually ruin them. My question is, does anybody know the type of protection Viacom/Paramount uses on it's dvds? Are they copy-able or should I just find another stereo VCR from the 80's? Keep in mind I haven't prchased any components yet, so recomendations would also be killer, if it's not illegal or something

Thanks yall

 

DVD protection schemes, the last I heard, were not at all a problem. Basically the programs you use to decrypt the DVD will break the protection scheme for you. I have heard, however, some DVD's cannot be decrypted until you actually play the DVD for a few seconds. It has something to do with the location of the protection scheme in the cells/sectors on the DVD or something.

Basically, as far as I know, you should've have too many problems with DVD protection at all. I never have, and I've copied several DVD's. The latest DVD's I've copied, on the other hand, were messed up when the conversion to .mpg was complete. Something happened where the sound was out of sync with the movie... so the person would speak and you wouldn't hear the audio until a couple seconds afterwards (sorta like a Godzilla movie ). I can't say this was a type of protection scheme though... it may actually have been something I configured incorrectly within the software I used to convert the .iso files.

If you want to, or if you need further help, you can contact me with any of the info you find under my profile. Good luck with your new hobby of collecting DVD's!

 

If you have / get a Lite-On DVD burner which is what I have to copy DVD's no decryption is necessary. DVD Shrink (free program) makes a temp file for the DVD files then ask you to replace the DVD with one that is burnable and gives you an exact copy of the DVD. It also gets rid of the temp files if you tell it to.

 

Hi m8
I back-up my DVDS all the time, this is the same as anything else you gotta do your research first
I suggest a little reading here
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/ifoedit-dvdauthor.htm

 

HI Chaslang

Good link m8, and i also reccomend DVD Decrypter excellent bit of software at the right price