password protect video disc

[gibkho]

I was wondering if there was any program that would act as a password protection. where you would have to enter a password to watch the video on the DVD/VCD player.

[mats.hogberg]

No.

/Mats

[computeguy]

NO

[drjtech]

In DVD-Lab you can create a Keypad Lock.

This isn't really password protection, but it can stop many people from viewing the DVD. As the article itself says "It is a nice project, but please understand the DVD is not a hacker proof device..."

-drjtech

[Nitemare]

You could implement basic password protection by authoring a series menus.

Take a menu of the alphabet (or numbers) and have all of the links but the first character of the password link back to a "start over" menu. Have the correct character move on to a nearly identical menu with the initial character now filled in (or not). Do this over and over until your password is entered correctly.

Is this good protection? No. Is the effort worth the results? probably not. It might keep your younger kids out of your porn collection though. (just kidding!)

[SLK001]

...It might keep your younger kids out of your porn collection though.

My kids can crack a DVD faster than I can! I find that a cabinet with a padlock to be an effective method of keeping my DVDs from being viewed/pirated (but I have to keep the key with me at all times!).

[Noahtuck]

What drjtech stated,
DVD-lab PRO has an option to add a keypad menu so you have to enter a numerical password in order to go any further and access menu's, movies, ect. depending on at which point it is placed.

This will stop any novice from playing it on a standalone player or a software player on a pc.

On the otherhand anyone with any experiance will still be able to go directly into the disc on a pc to access & view the video's on it or rip the video from the disc to the HDD and view it or copy it without the menu's or password menu.

[Cornucopia]

This will stop any novice from playing it on a standalone player or a software player on a pc.

On the otherhand anyone with any experiance will still be able to go directly into the disc on a pc to access & view the video's on it or rip the video from the disc to the HDD and view it or copy it without the menu's or password menu.

Actually, it WON'T, unless one also correctly sets up the disc with PUO's, because all I would need to do to get around this would be to hit stop and do [TitleSearch] and choose the title #.

Scott

[Dv8ted2]

The best thing is to not give the disc out at all.

[Noahtuck]

This will stop any novice from playing it on a standalone player or a software player on a pc.

On the otherhand anyone with any experiance will still be able to go directly into the disc on a pc to access & view the video's on it or rip the video from the disc to the HDD and view it or copy it without the menu's or password menu.

Actually, it WON'T, unless one also correctly sets up the disc with PUO's, because all I would need to do to get around this would be to hit stop and do [TitleSearch] and choose the title #.

Scott

Oh fer Christ's sake

That's like me saying if you tow your out of gas car to the gas station then it will run and you saying no it won't unless you put gas in it
He did not ask for blow by blow hold his hand through every step 8)

Have you tried it ??
Well i just happen to be working on a project with 10 seperate titles, added the numerical password between the link to the first title & the first title, burned it to a dvdrw, tried it in 2 diff. standalones and in no way what so ever could i access the first title without entering the code first.
And i modified NONE of the UOP's, now i'm not saying for certain circumstances or players you won't have to but.......

The best thing is to not give the disc out at all.

Who said anything baout giving it out
Maybe he has dvd's he don't want just anyone hanging out at his house to be able to drop them in and watch them.

[Cornucopia]

I had 2 discs earlier this month that were badly authored (with goofy protection) by a client, and I had to extract the right clip and reauthor it on its own to a new disc. But I had to find out which clip first. So,

Hit stop. Hit Titlesearch, Type in # & enter, Watch clip. Even newbies can do that. It's oftentimes what the settop DVDplayer manuals tell you to do in that situation.

You're saying it can't be done. I've just given examples of 2 times I've done it in the last month, so it CAN be done. (And that's prior to any Decryption). I dunno, maybe it's player-dependent. But the fact is, the "keycode" is less protective than one would hope.

I think alot has to do with where the clip resides. If the special clip was e.g. Cell 3 of Title1, and the End Action of Cell2 was to go to the PWD menu, then certainly a simple Titlesearch would NOT work, because you would only have the choice of Title1, Title2 etc, which Title1 would take you back to Cell1, through to Cell2 and back to the PWD menu. But, there is [TitleSearch], [ChapterSearch] and [TimeSearch] on EVERY player I've ever owned (about 7), so you'd have to start getting pretty slick with the placement of the clips to account for those options as well. That's why you would want to add PUO's, because that CAN lock out those search keys.

Scott

[Noahtuck]

You're saying it can't be done. I've just given examples of 2 times I've done it in the last month, so it CAN be done. (And that's prior to any Decryption). I dunno, maybe it's player-dependent. But the fact is, the "keycode" is less protective than one would hope.

Where exactly did i say it can't be done ??

I said i just did one with DLP and in no way could i get to the title protected on two diff. standalone players, even the way you said you did, and your talking about some dvd's brought to you by someone else I'm talking about one i just did myself and tested, big diff. there.

And i did it exactly as shown in the image i posted.
I also stated there are way's around it, espc. on a PC.

[Cornucopia]

Alright, on review, you weren't adamant about the impossibility of it--and did leave yourself an out, but from your reply it can be inferred that's what you're saying.
And, it would be <edit: IM>possible to successfully argue this point if we ARE talking apples vs. oranges.

Is you project small enough where you can upload a copy for trial purposes? Then at least we'd be on the same page, where it could be put to rest.

Scott

[Dv8ted2]

Who said anything baout giving it out
Maybe he has dvd's he don't want just anyone hanging out at his house to be able to drop them in and watch them.

You are correct, but 99.9% of the time, it involves giving out a disc. Normally if you are going to have someone at your house, you are usually ok with someone watching something, because you usually watch it with them.

[Noahtuck]

Who said anything baout giving it out
Maybe he has dvd's he don't want just anyone hanging out at his house to be able to drop them in and watch them.

You are correct, but 99.9% of the time, it involves giving out a disc. Normally if you are going to have someone at your house, you are usually ok with someone watching something, because you usually watch it with them.

At least he did not ask the all time classic "How do i copy protect my dvdr so other people can't copy it" :P