On 2009-05-16, Joerg Schilling <joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de> wrote:
>> It WILL make an exact copy of the DVD onto the drive (assuming DVD >> video, and no ARccOS [1]), it will just be an exact copy of the >> *encrypted* movie. It won't be playable without an additional >> decryption step (although mplayer can include this step >> automagically), but it will be an *exact* copy. > > Even with a DVD-Video, you will not be able to make a copy of > the DVD using dd if the DVD is using CSS. That's always been my experience. > The sectors that are carrying content from VOB files will not > be redable before you unlock the drive using e.g. dvdbackup. Again, that's what I've always seen. -- Grant