Can't dub AVI files/Data Dvd with DVD recorder???

[Leviathan]

I have a couple Data DVD's that contain some TV shows in AVI format (that play on a Divx certified DVD plater), but when I tried to dub then onto another DVD with my DVD recorder, it says "can't record - Copy Protected".

I am using a Pioneer DVP-233 to record from a Sony DVP-NS63 Divx machine. The AVI files play fine and all, but they are "copy protected" (??).

Tried a burnt DVD with VOB files and they dub over no problem....but the Data DVD files won't.

Anyone have any experience with this? After lots of searching I couldn't find much info.

Can you remove "copy protection" from a non-DVD format DVD???

Many thanks.

[redwudz]

Why use the DVD recorder? I didn't see anywhere that a Pioneer DVP-233 would accept AVI formats. You should be able to copy them with the computer. I don't think it's any form of copy protection, just that it can't understand the file format and that is a 'standard' response to the problem.

[Leviathan]

I'm using the DVD recorder because I'm doing some manipulation of the original AVI files (which I'll do with the DVD recoder), then recording to DVD......then converting the VOB files back to AVI, which I'll re-burn to a Data DVD (to get more of my "finished" files on one disk).

Would perhaps a Divx-certified DVD recorder be the answer to my problems?

It's weird.....my VCR dubbed the AVI-format files, but the DVD burner wouldn't???

[Frobozz]

Interesting. Since these Divx files are not copy protected your Sony player must be added the code that tells the Pioneer that it is copy protected.

[FulciLives]

I have a Pioneer stand alone DVD recorder (model DVR-531H-s) and I used it to record some XviD movies I was playing back on my Philips DVP-5140 (a MPEG-4 capable DVD player) and it did so without any issues.

I tried two different XviD files. One which was a DVD back-up I made myself (using a RIP of the original DVD and processing it with autoGK) and another was a TV episode I had downloaded and burned "as-is".

So maybe it is the SONY.

Although I must say why not just copy the AVI files back to the computer and deal with them that way?

I mean I would never do what you are doing (and what I did) for real. I mean I only did it as a test to see if it was possible (which is was with my equipment).

However if you want to convert to MPEG-2 DVD spec better to just do it on the computer. When I say better I mean better quality ... granted it will be a slower process.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[Leviathan]

Interesting. Since these Divx files are not copy protected your Sony player must be added the code that tells the Pioneer that it is copy protected.

This was one of my thoughts.....as I can't find any info on AVI/Divx files having this protection on them, and, as others have said.......it seems the dubbing of AVI files is totally possible.

The Sony machine will allow the dubbing of burnt VOB files, but not the AVI's.

Actually...I still have a Phillips Divx machine at home (which the Sony replaced), so I will hook that back up and if the files dub over with that machine, I'll know it's the Sony for sure.

I've had my eye on the LiteOn Divx-certified recorder also, so this may be a blessing in disguise.

[Leviathan]

Frobozz was right....

My Phillips Divx machine allowed the dubbing.

So the Sony WAS applying the protection.....bastards!!

Now, off to find another Divx player that won't apply the protection, plays multisession Data DVD's and had a nice remote!! Any suggestions???

Thanks all!