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DVD Copyright Protection Failure

Started by calidon , Dec 26 2009 12:12 PM

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calidon

Posted 26 December 2009 - 12:12 PM

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Suddenly none of the movie players, which previously worked, will start DVD movies. Windows Media Player puts up a notice that Copyright Protection is the cause. Nothing has been changed otherwise. The drive is found, and the name of the movie is recognized. DVDs which previously worked were tried.

I haven't gotten into this sort of thing before, so I'm wondering whether the Copyright Protection reading/validation is done within the DVD drive, in the MPEG-2 codec, in the video card hardware, or where?

Edited by calidon, 26 December 2009 - 12:15 PM.