On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:43:17 +0100, Stroller wrote:

> I'm guessing it has something to do with DeCSS encryption, but firstly  
> I don't understand how that applies to dd, because I'd have assumed  
> that treats the drive as a block device.

Probably because the CSS stuff is stored in a separate area of the drive,
which is not copied by dd. If you use vobcopy with the mirror option, it
creates a decrypted copy of the DVD's contents.


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Neil Bothwick

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