DVD - Audios Content Protection Circumvented

[Joe]

After DVDs CSS encryption has broken back in 1999 the music idustry tried to create a muh more secure mechanism for DVD-Audio (CPPM) .. this has been circumvented

Several tools to work with DVD-Audio (read: ripping)

They require WinDVD 5, 6 or 7 installed, as they don't do the decryption themselves, and instead patch WinDVD to output the decrypted stream to disk instead of the sound card.

The tools are:

• DVD-A ripper: Intended to decrypt CPPM protected AOB and VOB files on DVD-Audio discs.
  
• PPCM ripper: Intended to capture Packed PCM (MLP) stream (stereo or multichannel) to .WAV files.
  
• DVD-A Explorer: Intended to peep&grab on DVD-Audio tracks (PCM and Packed PCM).
  

This tool is available at Rarewares here.

http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/12061

 

[Dav0s]

erm..is this legal joe?

 

[Joe]

erm..is this legal joe?

curently that depends on how u use the ripped files as all that is happening is the audio data is being redirected to the Hard disk .. so its as legal as copying a regular CD to your Hard disk (NO Encryption was broken)

 

[bloodthirst]

good work joe was a good read quiet interesting as well, but i guess it becomes illegal if you do more than just copy it to your hard drive