anybody seen this kind of protection before?

[trunksu]

My friend just had his wedding and he rented those service where they record your wedding and make you a dvd. well yesterday he gave me that dvd so that i can cut clip of the dvd and put it on my dvd. the thing is i can't read if off a comp. i can play it on a dvd player but can't on a comp. i tried my laptop which have dvdrw, my comp which have dvdrw, and my sis which have a dvd rom. i tried using anydvd and dvd decrypter.

[garrisonkw]

What sort of error are you getting?

[trunksu]

no error. it showing as a blank cd when i go in my comp. however what is interesting is it show this information in anydvd.

Media is a Data DVD.
Booktype: dvd-r[version 5], Layers:1

[QuaiBoy]

Bet it's damaged, intentionally or not. Doubt it has CSS so you could try this for free: http://www.isobuster.com/

Best of Luck,
-Evan-

[trunksu]

strange.

I'll hit replace with dummy data and click always apply selection.

[SCDVD]

It is fairly common for professional photographers and videographers to do anything possible to insure that they are the only source for reprints, new copies etc. The best time to get this understood is at the time you sign the deal for the photos/videos. There is a "professional" mentality that they will make money on you forever. They set themselves up as the owner of the original masters, negatives or digital files. If you make it clear IN WRITING that you are hiring them to make photos or videos AND the ownership and ALL rights to the pictures or videos are yours, you won’t have to face this perpetual rip-off. There are some that won't do the job if they don't own the originals. Just tell them to have a nice life and find someone else to do the job. If you hire someone to cut your grass, does that mean they own your lawn? Similarly, you have every right to hire someone to take YOUR pictures. The problem is that a lot of people don't read the fine print until it is too late and find out that since some joker took pictures of your wedding, they own your first-born child!

[trunksu]

well isobuster just fail.

interesting read. thanks SCDVD. This is a great protection. I wonder how they did it.

[QuaiBoy]

Crap, too bad. I guess I would keep trying every drive available and try a few other data recovery programs. Did you try setting DVD Decrypter to ignore all read errors?
As a side note, I made a deal with the photographer at my wedding to give me all the pics he and his assistant (both had digital hardware) instead of giving us the usual print-out spread. He agreed and I had him upload all the pics to storage I have online. Couldn't be happier!

Best of Luck,
-Evan-

[SLK001]

Well, whatEVER the protection is, they ought to sell the technology to Hollywood!

It looks like there is a dummy track (probably Track 01) that crashes software readers. Try ISOBuster to extract TRACK 02.

[SCDVD]

If everything you try fails to work, there is another approach you can take although it is a poor second choice because you will lose quality of the video. You can capture the video by using the video out of your DVD player and capture it on another DVD recorder or a capture card in your computer. This conversion from digital to analog video and back again to digital is not a desirable way to accomplish this, so if your are able to defeat the protection, your are better off to do so. Use this only if all else fails.

[tnamrog]

One type of protection thats been discussed before is intentionally damaging the disc. One thats been proposed is adding a large dummy file and then damaging/scratching it. Check the disc carefully for any signs of tampering with the surface.

[Cornucopia]

Did you notice the size of those tracks? Unless there is some multi-session thing going on (which is sharing the same data), it looks like a dual-layer disc is being recognized as a single-layer disc.

Scott

[RottenFoxBreath]

yeh thought that was a bit weird too
what about file mode in dvd decrypter.
if its a dvd,its gotta have vobs.
latest version of dvd decrypter,disable and unload anydvd,you shouldnt need that..its a copy,not an original with regional lockingl.!

[johns0]

Try DVDFab Decrypter if dvd decrypter fails,its better with dvds that have errors on them.

[thecoalman]

One type of protection thats been discussed before is intentionally damaging the disc. One thats been proposed is adding a large dummy file and then damaging/scratching it. Check the disc carefully for any signs of tampering with the surface.

Try this thread , mentions a few ways that it might have been done including the one above:
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=223640

[trunksu]

Just tried DVDFab Decrypter and it say there is no dvd folder.

[mazinz]

is it possible the disc itself was burned in the wrong format? I just encountered this with a dvd someone had made. My homedecks would not read it. My pc technically would not either. It would just show the volume name and the size of the disc. Isobuster could not help as well. Turns out when the volume name was shown, it also gave the file system format used to make the dvd and it was as "cdfs" which is wrong. That is what caused my unfixable error. Perhaps this is what was done with yours?

your last post above is exactly what happend on my disc. dvd decrypt gave a similar error messag and NO video_TS folder was there (well it was but would not appear)