| Next generation of DVD films at risk as hacker cracks anti-piracy software | | Posted Sunday, February 04, 2007 2:52:08 PM by Blog57 Team | | A CANADIAN hacker has managed to crack the sophisticated anti-piracy software that was supposed to protect the next generation of DVD films from being copied. The breach means that computer users who want to download and watch the latest high-definition DVDs (HD-DVD) for nothing can do so, despite hopes by the industry that the new format was copy-proof. Since cracking the protection, hackers have begun distributing copies of the films - starting with the 2005 science fiction film Serenity - on file-sharing internet sites. .... | |
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| | | Fears over copyright law change | | Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 12:54:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Copyright (New Technologies and Performers' Rights) Amendment Bill, awaiting its first reading in Parliament, puts a maximum penalty of a $150,000 fine and five years in prison for anyone caught selling devices or publishing information which could be used to get around any technology used to protect digital copyright. This means, for example, someone who showed people how to circumvent digital rights management on a downloaded music file would be a criminal. The current Copyright Act bans this but has no criminal penalties. Colin Jackson, president of non-profit society InternetNZ, calls the anti-circumvention clauses a "toxic provision" and warns they could be used to "suppress all kinds of legitimate valuable work and speech". "I don't think New Zealanders should stand for that.... | |
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| | | Blu-ray shows promise | | Posted Saturday, December 30, 2006 2:54:01 PM by Blog57 Team | | THE WAR BETWEEN two high-definition standards has been anything but boring. Sadly, both standards are showing heavy DRM infestation when it comes to movie reproduction politics. It seems that Hollywood really thinks that all of its consumers are thieves, but we'll leave the socio-political rant at that. However, from the perspective of storage, the 4.7 and 8.5 gigs that are today offered by single and dual layer DVD media is mediocre at best. We're living in world where one hard drive easily fits over 100 single-layer DVDs and even USB sticks offer higher capacity than a single layer DVD. Thus, the time for higher capacity optical storage has come. Overview of Verbatim's BD-R, BD-RE and 16x DVD media. Rewritable comes in darker shade of black when compared to non-rewritable media Looking purely into capacity, between Blu-ray and HD-DVD there is no contest.... | |
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| | | Freeware Ripping Tool Gets Update | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 11:00:10 AM by Blog57 Team | | RipIt4Me takes up where DVD Decrypter bit the dust. The latest version can be coupled with some burning software or even DVD Shrink to easily create backups of your movies. What's new in this version: RipIt4Me 3.5.2.0: * Added option to start DVD Shrink's deep analysis automatically. Set RunDVDShrinkDeepAnalysis = 1 in the .ini file for that to happen * Added a temporary dropdown in the preferences to select how the original IFOs are copied from the disc. Normally, you should keep it set to "normal mode". But if RipIt4Me gives you error messages such as "video_ts.ifo declares 6 VTS, and I'm finding only * The command cleanup code was not cleaning up post commands. This has been fixed * The RipIt4Me version is now displayed at the top of the debug log * Fixed a rare problem that could occur in in Movie+Menus mode, when there are "similar" movie PGCs in the same VTS (for example duplicates or multi-story) and one of them is not visited.... | |
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| | | French DRM activists turn themselves in to police | | Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2006 12:53:59 PM by Blog57 Team | | In response to the the newly adopted, very controversial DADVSI French law, three French DRM activists have turned themselves in to Police for breaking the law. The DADVSI law has made it illegal to bypass copy protection mechanisms, to help another bypass copy protection mechanisms or to suggest that somebody bypass copy protection mechanisms. Fine of up to 30,000 and six months in prison can be handed to offenders. The three DRM activists were accompanied by a large crowd of supporters as they went to the local police station and admitted the following "crimes". Stphane used the DVD Decrypter software to help transfer a legally purchased DVD to his portable DVD player. For this offense he could face a 3,750 fine fine. Tangui read a DVD disc on open source Linux software. Jrme bypassed the copy protection on music purchased from iTunes and another French online provider, wrote a webpage explaining how to bypass the DRM and translated a software that gets rid of protections on digital content.... | |
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| | | List Of Vista-Incompatible Apps | | Posted Wednesday, October 04, 2006 12:53:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | There's a wiki collecting a list of applications incompatible with Windows Vista, as well as those known to work and those known to have some problems. Included in the incompatible lists are software like some versions of Nero (if you install it under XP and then upgrade to Vista, as I did, you'll be fine), AVG Antivirus, Roxio Easy Media Creator, Microsoft Expression Web, Azureus (bit torrent), ZoneAlarm Pro, Rhapsody, Microsoft Money 2006. On the other hand, many security products do seem to work fine, despite popular belief. In the "working" list are Ad-aware SE Personal, Spybot - Search & Destroy, McAfee AntiSpyware Enterprise, McAfee VirusScan Enterprise, Norton 360 Beta, Symantec Antivirus, as well as Adobe Premiere Pro (can confirm that one myself), DVD Decrypter, WinRAR, Half-Life 2, Photoshop CS2, DivX, QuickTime, Winamp, AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk, Skype, Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft Office 2003, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Google Earth, Google Picasa, RocketDock, and tons of other applications.... | |
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| | | Magix Movies2Go | | Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:52:51 PM by Blog57 Team | | Being that Magix Movies2Go is based on their excellent video editing suite, it makes sense that they included trimming and cleanup tools in the package. Which is all well and good, unless you're a video editing newbie, then, the Movies2Go interface looks like some sort of development nightmare. If you haven't used a Magix product before, it can be especially daunting, and for newcomers, we recommend immediately jumping into the quick start documentation. If you're not looking to edit the video at all, then it's a fairly simple process of importing your current video file (though copying DVD content's a total pain) and then clicking "export" and choosing the format. Ok, that makes it sound simpler than it is, because again, Magix' products are so full of options, they are pretty daunting at first.... | |
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| | | Tech Journal: A guide to viewing DVDs on your ipod | | Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 10:55:47 AM by Blog57 Team | | Last Tuesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs held a press conference event known as "Showtime," where he revealed revisions for all three iPod models, the prototype for a new media center box, and the new version of iTunes. Also revealed was an overhaul to the iTunes Store, which now boasts full movie downloads with prices ranging from $9.99 to $12.99. If the thought of watching a movie on your video iPod is appealing, you're certainly in luck. Nothing was stopping you from doing so before iTunes offered movie downloads however, and you definitely don't need to pay Apple a cent in the process. Ever since the video iPod hit shelves last October, the capability to fill it with DVDs from your collection and watch them on the fly has been there, and this week I'm going to walk you through the process of doing so.... | |
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| | | All new DVDFab Decrypter enters version three beta! | | Posted Saturday, September 02, 2006 10:56:46 AM by Blog57 Team | | * DVDFab Decrypter 3 is brand new and completely rewritten. * Rewrite protection detection/removal engine, support ARccOS, RipGuard better. * New easy-to-use and informational user interface. * Many minor improvements. Bug Fixes: * Fixed DVD Shrink "Out of memory" error when copying new RipGuard DVD titles, like "Inside Man". Did I mention this is free, like as in "free beer"? By the way, you can take a look in the DVDFab section of our Copy DVD movie forum if you want to discuss this new beta. The author (Fengtao) has already started a thread just for this software. More @ source. .... | |
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| | | Brightening and loudening VOB files - need help | | Posted Friday, September 01, 2006 4:56:58 PM by Blog57 Team | | Currently I'm ripping VOB files using DVD Decrypter from my DVDs and converting them to MP4 movies for my PSP using PSPVideo 9. (I refuse to buy UMD). The trouble is they are too dark and too quiet for a sunny day on a train, so i'm looking to brighten and louden them. Can anyone recommend a free utility to either edit the VOB file itself, or a free tool that will convert a VOB to MP4 for the PSP that has brightness and volume settings? Thanks. ----- Freeware Directory - http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/forums.asp?s=2&c=9&t=4386 area52 v4 - http://www.crimson.net.nz/ Hosted by - http://www.dolphinwebs.com.au/ If it works, rip it apart and find out why! .... | |
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