What does "NO KEYS FOUND TO THIS ENCRYPTED FILE" mean?

[recordhead]

I'm using Smart Ripper & while I haven't had much luck buring a VCD I get this message "NO KEYS FOUND TO THIS ENCRYPTED FILE" when ripping my DVD of copy Space 1999. I ripped a Chrlie Brown DVD without getting this error message. But after doing all the steps listed in the "Sefys newbie start DVD Ripping guide" I had no luck getting Adaptec to accept the file. Anyone know about the "NO KEY" error.

Thanks,

Dave

[Truman]

That means, that no keys were found! Can not decrypt.
Which version of smartripper did you use? Which mode? Did smartripper to start decrypt or not? Which key-check mode did you select?

[recordhead]

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Which version of smartripper did you use?
I used Version 2.36

Which mode?
I don't understand the question. I used "movie" under rip method.

Did smartripper start decrypt or not?
It started the ripping process, ran for about 10 minutes or so & then the message popped up.

Which key-check mode did you select?
I selected Every VOB-File just like in the help sample.

[Truman]

Let smartripper search for new keys more often. Go to settings> movie tab, change key-check to "every chapter". If that does not help, select "every vob-id". Please let me know, whether it worked or not.

[recordhead]

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Tried them both but no luck.

[Truman]

If I would run into this trouble, I'd try at next the file mode and finally try a different decrypter. vStrip is the first choice. Have also a look at this guide.
I remember, I have got this message once. Finally DVDDecrypter did it successfully. Generally one can say, every DVD, that is playable with a software dvd player is also decrypable.

[Sefy]

recordhead, I don't know if you have it, but if you can, try using Sector Extractor 1.2, I found that where every other ripper fails, this one never does! it's rather hard to get, but if you can't find it, i'm willing to email it to you.

[Truman]

Download Sector Extractor 1.2.