Problem DVD's

[John Mark Walker]

One thing I forgot to mention - this DVD is a ripped copy on the hard 
drive. I ripped it with "cat /dev/dvd > isofile"

-JM

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, John Mark Walker wrote:

> --[PinePGP]--------------------------------------------------[begin]--
> Is there a list of DVD's that people have difficulty cracking? And is
> there anything that can be done with them? I have libdvdcss 1.2.8 (from
> livna - http://rpm.livna.org/), and I get the same error regardless of
> whether I use xine, mplayer or ogle:
> 
> libdvdread: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys
> libdvdread: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient
> 
> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB at 0x0000013d
> libdvdcss debug: key found in cache
> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x00037e52
> libdvdcss debug: key found in cache
> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
> libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x00038f65
> libdvdcss debug: cracking title key
> libdvdcss debug: read returned 0 (end of device?)
> libdvdcss debug: end of title reached
> libdvdcss debug: 0 of 0 attempts successful, 0 of 0 blocks scrambled
> libdvdcss debug: title key is 00:00:00:00:00
> libdvdcss error: fatal error in vts css key
> libdvdread: Error cracking CSS key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB
> (0x00038f65)!!
> libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
> 
> (repeat errors for each VOB)
> 
> 
> I used the same computer and software to play other DVD's, and this is the
> first time it's happened. Are there any alternatives? (Also, I just
> downloaded the source for 1.2.8 and compiled it with the same result.
> Then I got the latest CVS - same errors.)
> 
> The DVD in question is Shame -
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000YEEMG/
> 
> Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
> 
> -John Mark Walker
> Acquisitions Editor
> No Starch Press
> 
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> 
> --[PinePGP]-----------------------------------------------------------
> gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!
> gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more information
> gpg: Signature made Thu 26 Feb 2004 09:37:27 AM PST using DSA key ID A467BEAC
> gpg: Good signature from "John Mark Walker (aka porkrind) <johnmark at johnmark.org>"
> --[PinePGP]----------------------------------------------------[end]--
> 

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