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 -- _______________________________________________________ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html
msg15085/pgp00000.pgp
Description: PGP signature
