On Sunday 24 November 2002 11:25 pm, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:50:38PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Just now, when I tried to cp the *.VOB files from a movie disk > > mounted udf onto /dvd-rw, I got the same "Input/output error". > > Believe it or not, this is a function of the fact that the DVDs are > encrypted. I don't remember what the heck it is that you have to do to > actually get enough of a handle on the data to be able to use something > like DeCSS on it. I saw an interesting talk entitled "Decrypting DVD" > at MIT a couple of years ago, and this is the first I've thought of it > since then. Hell, I probably couldn't tell you how to do it, even if I > did remember, without the MPAA sending the FBI after me for a DMCA > violation. 8^( > > But whatever the case, you will not be able to copy .vob files from a > DVD using normal tools like cp. > > noah
last night I was able to copy vob files from the dvd with no problem. This was after using mplayer to play a dvd. Perhaps dvd playing programs somehow unlock the dvd rom and leave it in that state? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
