G4 doesn't require DVD Authenication prior to DVDBackup

[redgsr]

Hi All,

Was just backing up a few of my DVDs when I realised that I forgot to authenticate BladeRunner Directors Cut in Apple DVD Player prior to using DVDBackup 1.3, however DVD Backup proceeded as per normal, ripped the DVD and decrypted with a key.

Although the DVD was a single layer & did not require DVD2ONEX, I ran it through it anyway as DTOX will not accept encrypted data, and it went through.

I tried it with a couple of other DVDs & the same happened - even with a different region DVD that DVD Player wanted a region change for.

I am running a G4 450 AGP with Panther, but could not replicate this on my 1GHz TiBook, also with Panther. This is a bummer as its the TiBook that I'd like to be able to do this with as I travel a lot & it would mean I would be able to rip discs from different regions. The G4's DVD-ROM has been flashed to RPC-1, the Powerbook has been updated to 2x, but no RPC-1 firmware.

Has this happened to anyone else?

[AntnyMD]

Are you sure that at some point before backing up using DVDBackup in Pather on the desktop computer that you hadn't already played the disc? I think that the new DVD Player app in Panther not only remembers where you left off in a movie, but also remembers that disc's CSS key.

[galactica]

I think that the new DVD Player app in Panther not only remembers where you left off in a movie, but also remembers that disc's CSS key.

Correct!
and what a nice feature it is, its like my dvd player with the automatic resume function even if you take the dvd out!

[redgsr]

Are you sure that at some point before backing up using DVDBackup in Pather on the desktop computer that you hadn't already played the disc? I think that the new DVD Player app in Panther not only remembers where you left off in a movie, but also remembers that disc's CSS key.

Very Unlikely, as the machine had never played a DVD prior to me getting it! When I first got it (redundant machine from Dad's work) it prompted me to set the region on the drive when I first put a DVD in!

Also I went on to format the HD & clean install Jag, then Panther, plus I chose a DVD that I hadn't watched in AGES.

[AntnyMD]

I'll look forward to independent verification on that, because that doesn't work in this corner of the planet.