Re: Ripping DVDs ... and MythTV

["Jarod Wilson" <user=74@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Nov 23, 2007, at 15:36, Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: 

> On Nov 23, 2007 1:26 PM, Jarod Wilson <[hidden email]> wrote: 
>> You're correct in that css does lock sectors of the disk, so if you 
>> simply insert a dvd and try to dd, it'll at some point. However, if 
>> you insert a dvd, fire up something like xine w/libdvdcss in place, 
>> quit it, *then* do the dd, all is well, as those sectors have been 
>> unlocked. 
> 
> Exactly :-)  Once libdvdcss authenticates the disc with the drive 
> firmware (via xine, mplayer, vlc, totem, etc), then you can do 
> anything you like until the disc is ejected.  Sometimes people have 
> DVD-autorun enabled, so that the movie starts playing with their 
> favorite player. but then they close the player and go dd the disc. 
> If that happens, the CSS authentication issue gets lost in the 
> background of your autorun app which utilized libdvdcss...