Posted by Voinin on 07/31/06 07:12

On 7/30/2006 8:55 PM, Brendan R. Wehrung went clickity-clack on the
keyboard and produced this interesting bit of text:
> Voinin (vboing@boing.biz) writes:
>> On 7/30/2006 2:30 PM, Sune M�lgaard went clickity-clack on the keyboard
>> and produced this interesting bit of text:
>>> Hi all.
>>>
>>> I read the FAQ section on copy protection, but I didn't seem to find the
>>> scheme that is responsible for the following:
>>>
>>> On my linux box, when I insert a labeled copy-protected DVD, I can mount
>>> the volume fine. Trying to read any files on it, however, results in I/O
>>> errors at the kernel level:
>>>
>>> Jul 30 19:39:53 jekaterina kernel: [24270.306257] hdc: command error:
>>> status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>>> Jul 30 19:39:53 jekaterina kernel: [24270.306263] hdc: command error:
>>> error=0x54 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x05 }
>>> Jul 30 19:39:53 jekaterina kernel: [24270.306267] ide: failed opcode
>>> was: unknown
>>> Jul 30 19:39:53 jekaterina kernel: [24270.306270] end_request: I/O
>>> error, dev hdc, sector 1536
>>>
>>> I know from the label that the disc is protected, however, it is unclear
>>> to me, if the scheme is part of the DVD Video specification. The disc is
>>> clearly marked with the DVD Video logo, so in effect, I am trying to
>>> ascertain if the disc is mislabeled.
>> My understanding of it is that copy protection has nothing to do with
>> it. A license has to be bought to decode video DVDs. Generally
>> speaking, you pay for such a license when you buy a DVD player or
>> software that will play a DVD. For example, if you don't install a DVD
>> player on a Windows box Windows Media Player won't play back a video
>> DVD. This is because neither Windows nor WMP comes with a license to
>> play the DVD video. You'll need to purchase software that will play the
>> DVDs.
>>
>> --
>> "The smallest feline is a masterpiece." - Leonardo da Vinci
>
>
> But anything that bills itself as "Media Center" by definition plays all
> common media, so you'd get the ability with the computer, wouldn't you?

You expect Microsoft to follow the rules? However, to be honest, I do
not know if XP MCE has a DVD decoder built-in or not. But XP Home and
XP Pro do not.

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