Cannot backup Ayumi Hamasaki DVD

[generalplot]

I just purchased a copy of an Ayumi Hamasaki DVD on ebay that was released this year. According to the box and auction site, the dvd is region free. It play fine on a stand alone dvd player, but Windows does not recognize the disc when it is inserted, and I get a warning that it is not formatted or not a format compatible with windows. The dvd drive is a TDK 440N DVD-/+ R/RW. I tried it in another machine, and it sees the disc, but will not let me copy any files, even when using DVD Decrypter, DVD X Copy Platinum, Any DVD or Smart Ripper. If I play it on the other machine (which has a Sony DVD-ROM) it plays up until chapter 9 (about 25 minutes into the disc), and then freezes. It plays continuously in the stand alone DVD player and goes to the end without any errors or freeze ups. And all the software says it is not encrypted, but yet it still can not copy the files, wheter using copy software, or just trying to copy in Windows explorer. I'm wondering if perhaps there is a new encryption technology that prevents dvd's from being read by pc dvd-roms, or if anyone else has had this problem. I would really like to watch this disc on my lcd screen, so if anyone has any suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated.

[generalplot]

Just like this thread: http://www.fileforums.com/showthread.php?t=63987 I get the same error, cyclic redundancy error. I think a new encryption method may be in use, it is quite possible that new copy protection techniques are being utilized. As with his problem, mine always freezes in the same place too, no matter what app I am using. And also this is with a brand new disc. There are no defects to the dic's surface at all, and others that I have talked to in Asia are saying they get the same results when trying to back up any Avex Trax discs (the recording company for Ayumi Hamasaki). Maybe it should be looked into?....

[generalplot]

http://www.cdfreaks.com/news2.php?ID=9833
check out this link

[TylerDurden]

Very interesting indeed.




Tyler!

[generalplot]

I am really doing some homework tonight. Lolz. Here's another site on my research. Apparently, Blindwrite 5 can do the rip.
http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=220732
I am ripping the dvd right now as I type, but one thing to note, I think the disc has bad sectors just before the end of the first 01_1.vob file and continues through the rest of the disc, as ripping it has so far been a VERY slow process, about 2-6k a second, but it seems to be able to bypass the bad sectors and keep going. The software has reported no read errors. I'll post the results of this experiment when it finishes.

[TylerDurden]

Awww man I really dont wanna have to buy Passion OTC just to test this out myself but it seems that maybe that particular movie may have this new protection.


Keep us informed, generalplot.


Tyler!