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Virtual dvd drive
13-02-2009 5:46 AM
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13-02-2009 8:07 AM
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13-02-2009 8:36 AM
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Re: Virtual dvd drive
13-02-2009 9:46 AM
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13-02-2009 1:24 PM
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So they play fine, but ripping software will complain and give up.
I know of one commerical package though which masks out the errors, allowing rips. Usual story, they put something in to make if difficult and along comes a bit of software to work around it.
But getting onto shady ground now, so I'd better stop there
So it's possible, but for the hassle I think you'd be best off buying an external DVD drive .. they can't be that expensive now?
Re: Virtual dvd drive
13-02-2009 1:34 PM
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Quote the file xxxxx.dll was not included on the CD for legal reasons but is freely available on the internet
For legal reasons I cannot confirm if this was in fact the case.
Go with the external drive zpeterk
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Re: Virtual dvd drive
13-02-2009 1:53 PM
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13-02-2009 2:02 PM
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It used to refuse to run a original game if it detected virtual drive software.
So it goes "Oooh, you've got a bit of software on your PC which you might be using for unlawful purposes .. I am going to refuse to run then"
Which is ****** stupid since there are perfectly legitimate reasons for using virtual drive software.
Like with MSDN .. all the downloads are .iso images. So it's nice to be able to, you know, look at the contents of the disc so you can install them!
A rather short-sighted approach, very similar to the one that all P2P traffic is illegal.
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13-02-2009 2:26 PM
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13-02-2009 6:18 PM
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So just copy dvd to hdd and play with vlc.
Thanks guys
Peter
Re: Virtual dvd drive
13-02-2009 6:30 PM
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They can be encrypted (CSS) or not.
If not, you can do a straight file copy and play it from the HDD.
If so (which pretty much all commercial films are) then they can only be played from the disc.
In this case the only way to be able to play them straight from the HDD is to 'unofficially' decrypt them.
This is where the copyright brigade will say it's illegal. Reverse engineering, circumventing the copy protection and all that.
Re: Virtual dvd drive
14-02-2009 7:51 AM
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14-02-2009 8:20 AM
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I have use the DVD to PSP and it worked well.
Slysoft also do a range of software that can be bought.
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