I purchased the Jim Grove Combatives (martial arts / Fitness?) set of 2 DVDs. Disc 1 plays fine. Disc 2 got an error from the BRay player. So I popped it into the laptop and was able to play it with VLC player. I noticed the manufacturer included a Flyer on how these are "DVD-R" discs, which are not the same as commercial discs, are better, yada,yada, yada, and "should" play in all newer DVD players. That's odd, I thought. DVD-R has been around a long time. Why include this flyer? Hmm, could it be copy protection?
So I tried to copy it using AnyDVD and got a Drive D: Not Ready error. Thinking I just had a bad disc (which plays fine on the computer), I grabbed the disc that does play in the DVD player and tried to copy it - same thing "Drive Not Ready" error. After searching, I found the sticky on "Fitness DVDs" and wonder if this is some new type of copy protection? I am running Anywhere 7.4.5.0 in a Win 7 environment. Is this a copy protection mechanism that DVD Anywhere can't handle? I tried turning on the AI engine as suggested in the Sticky, but that did not change anything. Attached are the log files if these are helpful. Would like to try to copy this, else I will need to return the DVD and wait for a replacement that WILL work on a DVD player.
Thanks,
So I tried to copy it using AnyDVD and got a Drive D: Not Ready error. Thinking I just had a bad disc (which plays fine on the computer), I grabbed the disc that does play in the DVD player and tried to copy it - same thing "Drive Not Ready" error. After searching, I found the sticky on "Fitness DVDs" and wonder if this is some new type of copy protection? I am running Anywhere 7.4.5.0 in a Win 7 environment. Is this a copy protection mechanism that DVD Anywhere can't handle? I tried turning on the AI engine as suggested in the Sticky, but that did not change anything. Attached are the log files if these are helpful. Would like to try to copy this, else I will need to return the DVD and wait for a replacement that WILL work on a DVD player.
Thanks,