Posted by Grinder on 05/19/07 22:45

Marv Soloff wrote:
> Brian Gregory [UK] wrote:
>> "Marv Soloff" <msoloff@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:CYJ3i.4739$qp5.1948@trnddc03...
>>
>>> evenlater@earthlink.net wrote:
>>> Get a copy of the German DEFA Production of "Turandot". Study how
>>> they copy protected this disk.
>>> Every ripping program I tried on this sucker indicated "there was no
>>> disk in the drive" Drove me
>>> nuts.
>>
>>
>> Did AnyDVD fail?
>>
>> AnyDVD in combination with a normal DVD copier such as NERO is surely
>> the obvious way to copy protected DVDs. It does cost $40 though.
>>
> Yep. Any DVD, DVDEcrypter, FabDVD (latest). The DEFA disk plays fine in
> a player, but the rip programs cannot find it on the computer. How this
> is done, I don't know. Finally, I had to feed the DVD output to a high
> quality VCR and copied the damn thing.

Is there any chance the disc has software on it that was surreptitiously
installed? eg, Do you have autorun disabled on your computer?

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