Encryption of DVD? at DVinfo.net

Greg Walsh · April 1st, 2009, 05:50 AM

Hi All,
I am fairly new at all this and would like to know how to protect my work.
Is there any way of copyright protecting a DVD within a normal PC environment?
I am using Studio Pinnacle 12 Ultimate.

Many thanks

Shaun Roemich · April 1st, 2009, 06:56 AM

I BELIEVE that Macrovision encoding can only be added to pressed DVDs at factories that have the licensed capabilities to do so, and doing so costs you a license fee. As well as a minimum pressing of 500 units. I don't believe burned DVDs can be Macrovision encoded.

Pete Cofrancesco · April 1st, 2009, 09:11 AM

shaun is right

Greg Walsh · April 2nd, 2009, 01:55 AM

Thanks guys.
Also read some older posts on this and it does not seem like a worthwhile proposition.

I did a church function some time ago and one of the youngsters grabbed one of my finished DVD's and said to his buddies "Dont buy this I will copy it for you" . I suppose this is something i will have to learn to live with.

Tom Hardwick · April 2nd, 2009, 02:43 AM

Greg - one way is to use double layer blanks. Say your film's 20 mins long. You make your timeline 3 hours long, and have the last 2 hrs 40 mins pure black. You encode it to fill both layers of the DVD.

Anyone who plays your DVD will simply see the film. Anyone who tries to copy your film onto nornal DVD-R will hit a big problem - it mysteriously won't fit.

Of course the filmmakers amongst them will twig, but the youngsters will simply give up.

tom.

Andy Wilkinson · April 2nd, 2009, 04:44 AM

Great idea Tom. Filed away (in my head) and I'm sure that will be useful for me at some point! Thanks!

Vince Pachiano · May 13th, 2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Hardwick

Greg - one way is to use double layer blanks. Say your film's 20 mins long. You make your timeline 3 hours long, and have the last 2 hrs 40 mins pure black. You encode it to fill both layers of the DVD.

I am actually contemplating that very idea, although I have about 2.5 hours of footage so I was gonna use 1 DL and 1 SL. But, at the same time, there are two other posts in this forum about the problems of DL and compatability with Clients players.

I'm shooting an end-of-year recital, so I hate to think of a parent making 34 copies for everyone else, but on the other hand, the parents won't see each other much more to contemplate copying my for-sale work. But then I don't want 35 coasters either.

Chris Davis · May 13th, 2009, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Hardwick

Of course the filmmakers amongst them will twig, but the youngsters will simply give up.

I think the opposite is true. The youngsters will simply find another piece of free software that will let them easily copy it. DVD Shrink comes to mind - it's free and it makes duplicating a DL DVD-R to a single layer DVD-R fast and easy.

Shaun Roemich · May 13th, 2009, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Hardwick

Anyone who plays your DVD will simply see the film. Anyone who tries to copy your film onto nornal DVD-R will hit a big problem - it mysteriously won't fit.

This will only stump complete amateurs. There is a solution that I'm aware of (and won't go into here - HONEST: I only use my "superpowers" for good and not for evil...) that would get around this automatically and quickly. Oh, and the solution is completely legal, even if the applications one may use it for are questionable.

April 1st, 2009, 05:50 AM	#1
Greg Walsh New Boot Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Port Elizabeth, South Africa Posts: 12	Encryption of DVD? Hi All, I am fairly new at all this and would like to know how to protect my work. Is there any way of copyright protecting a DVD within a normal PC environment? I am using Studio Pinnacle 12 Ultimate. Many thanks

April 1st, 2009, 06:56 AM	#2
Shaun Roemich Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia (formerly Winnipeg, Manitoba) Canada Posts: 4,088	I BELIEVE that Macrovision encoding can only be added to pressed DVDs at factories that have the licensed capabilities to do so, and doing so costs you a license fee. As well as a minimum pressing of 500 units. I don't believe burned DVDs can be Macrovision encoded. __________________ Shaun C. Roemich Road Dog Media - Vancouver, BC - Videographer - Webcaster www.roaddogmedia.ca Blog: http://roaddogmedia.wordpress.com/

April 2nd, 2009, 01:55 AM	#4
Greg Walsh New Boot Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Port Elizabeth, South Africa Posts: 12	Encryption not worthwhile! Thanks guys. Also read some older posts on this and it does not seem like a worthwhile proposition. I did a church function some time ago and one of the youngsters grabbed one of my finished DVD's and said to his buddies "Dont buy this I will copy it for you" . I suppose this is something i will have to learn to live with.

April 2nd, 2009, 04:44 AM	#6
Andy Wilkinson Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 2,853	Great idea Tom. Filed away (in my head) and I'm sure that will be useful for me at some point! Thanks! __________________ Andy K Wilkinson - https://www.shootingimage.co.uk Cambridge (UK) Corporate Video Production

April 1st, 2009, 09:11 AM	#3
Pete Cofrancesco Inner Circle Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 3,005	shaun is right

April 2nd, 2009, 02:43 AM	#5
Tom Hardwick Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Billericay, England UK Posts: 4,711	Greg - one way is to use double layer blanks. Say your film's 20 mins long. You make your timeline 3 hours long, and have the last 2 hrs 40 mins pure black. You encode it to fill both layers of the DVD. Anyone who plays your DVD will simply see the film. Anyone who tries to copy your film onto nornal DVD-R will hit a big problem - it mysteriously won't fit. Of course the filmmakers amongst them will twig, but the youngsters will simply give up. tom.