Please help me to open this MPEG-PS

[goldenneow]

Hello everyone, I get this file from my dad's karaoke system and I need it for a tournament! Please help me, I will try if I can pay
I get this file MPEG-PS information by using mediainfo
I also tried to open this program using GOM VLC WMP and lot of media programs!
Here is the link of the file
Please help everyone!!

http://www.mediafire.com/?ds095azawjj8i3d

[jagabo]

The file is encrypted. You'll need to rip it with proper decrypting software.

[goldenneow]

Jagabo, thanks for replying! How do you know this file is encrypted? May tell me please? And what decrypting software? Any example? Im willing to pay please! I need it for a big tournament!

[jagabo]

How do you know this file is encrypted?

Because no program can access the contents. It starts with the normal four byte sequence for an MPEG program stream (00 00 01 ba, how MediaInfo determines it's an MPEG program stream) but the rest of the data isn't normal.

And what decrypting software?

DVD Fab (maybe DVD Decryptor) if it's a commercial pressed DVD. If it's a DVD+/-R probably relCPRM.

[goldenneow]

I have tried DVD Fab also and it is not working, when I drag and put into the program, it doesnt appear anything and relCPRM do not support MPEG file, what can I do? Help please!

[jagabo]

I have tried DVD Fab also and it is not working, when I drag and put into the program, it doesnt appear anything and relCPRM do not support MPEG file, what can I do? Help please!

You need access to the original disc. The decryption key is on that disc. The programs listed decrypt the data as they copy it from the disc to your hard drive.

[goldenneow]

But I took the file from a karaoke system not from a CD/DVD please help!

[jagabo]

Then you're screwed. Your only recourse is to record the analog or digital outputs from the system. But keep in mind the outputs are probably protected by CGMS-A or HDCP. Most equipment will not record signals protected that way.

[hech54]

But I took the file from a karaoke system not from a CD/DVD please help!

You know the cable box that your television cable company sends you so you can receive/watch television.....and they can also record to an internal hard drive?
Well 99% of those movie/TV show files on that internal hard drive can NEVER be used outside of that cable box. There is no decryption method available ANYWHERE. They are useless and un-useable outside of that box.
You are probably in that same situation right now.
Saying "help please" over and over again is not going to "help".

[goldenneow]

The reason I keep repeating about the "help" is just because I just want somebody to download the file and really sit down there and analyze with me. I am paying, you guys can be so cruel just telling me to give up, but I really need this and I know there must be a way because this is not those big companies said by you that save your hard drive code. This is from a China karaoke company, and I already try to get more information of the file, it is MPEG-PS, the clue is PS, hope you guys really help, you might save my whole month, whole year to do this

[hech54]

it is MPEG-PS, the clue is PS

No....it's not(a "clue"):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG_program_stream

[Hoser Rob]

The reason I keep repeating about the "help" is just because I just want somebody to download the file and really sit down there and analyze with me. I am paying, you guys can be so cruel just telling me to give up, but I really need this and I know there must be a way because this is not those big companies said by you that save your hard drive code. This is from a China karaoke company, and I already try to get more information of the file, it is MPEG-PS, the clue is PS, hope you guys really help, you might save my whole month, whole year to do this

"I am paying"? You're not paying anyone here. Wishing it will not make it so.

A device like a karaoke machine, or a pvr, is a closed system. Meaning the input and output is tightly specified.

It's actually pretty easy on a closed system, unlike a more open system like a personal computer, to design encryption that you can't crack. It may be theoretically possible but you'd really pay for it. Big money. If you could actually find anyone that skilled who wouldn't laugh at you.

In other words, you are out of luck regarding cracking that stuff. Maybe you could use screen capture but, as mentioned, that may well not work either. And stop whining.

[hech54]

Anyone taking bets that the OP comes back saying something like "I got it to work and it works perfectly NO THANKS to anyone here" and conveniently doesn't mention how it was done?
Anyone?

[Cornucopia]

Good one! Deja Vu. Now he's duping threads. Some people just won't take NO for an answer.

Scott

[jimdagys]

Well 99% of those movie/TV show files on that internal hard drive can NEVER be used outside of that cable box. There is no decryption method available ANYWHERE. They are useless and un-useable outside of that box.

Can you clarify this? If the output of the cable box is standard composite video, wouldn't a standard VCR or cheap capture device record the program?

[netmask56]

good one! Deja vu. Now he's duping threads. Some people just won't take no for an answer.

Scott

ocd ?

[DB83]

What the OP has failed to say is how he got this clip 'off his dad's machine'

I tend to think he somehow copied this straight off a CD. The full contents of the CD may throw some clues as to how this can be retrieved. The file appears to be SVCD.

[sanlyn]

True, the O.P. hasn't told us how the video originated or how it was taken off his dad's machine (or even what the "machine" is).

Well 99% of those movie/TV show files on that internal hard drive can NEVER be used outside of that cable box. There is no decryption method available ANYWHERE. They are useless and un-useable outside of that box.

Can you clarify this? If the output of the cable box is standard composite video, wouldn't a standard VCR or cheap capture device record the program?

No. If you're asking if SD TV broadcasts are copy protected, the answer is yes. Some of them are. Commercial VHS tapes and DVD's can also be played via analog composite or s-video connections, and they are usually copy protected as well. Various flavors of copy protection can be applied to SD and HD alike. You need a decryption device of some kind or other before you can work with them.

[jagabo]

Composite video can be protected by Macrovision or CGMS-A. Most recording devices will respond to those and refuse to record or give garbage recordings.

[jimdagys]

Composite video can be protected by Macrovision or CGMS-A. Most recording devices will respond to those and refuse to record or give garbage recordings.

OK, I was unaware that a cable box that outputs composite video (for old TVs) could be encrypted with Macrovision/CGMS-A. I thought that kind of encryption was only on DVD/VHS program material. So I guess no more free time shifting with a cable box. I'm glad I just use the on-air digital converter box that conveniently has the composite video/audio jack. Never had a problem recording that. Might they in the future put encryption on the on-air signal so you can't VHS record/capture?

[jagabo]

Composite video can be protected by Macrovision or CGMS-A. Most recording devices will respond to those and refuse to record or give garbage recordings.

OK, I was unaware that a cable box that outputs composite video (for old TVs) could be encrypted with Macrovision/CGMS-A.

They are not encryption. They are signals added to the video that tells recorders not to record.

Might they in the future put encryption on the on-air signal so you can't VHS record/capture?

In theory it's possible. The FCC hasn't allowed broadcast TV to be flagged with it... yet. But the new FCC chairman used to lobby for the cable TV and wireless industries. ATT and Comcast are very happy with him. So don't be surprised if the situation changes soon.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/uh-oh-ats-new-chairman/