Burn Times extreamly long.

[kneeki]

I have been tasked by my company to find a good DVD burning program which also includes the ability to 'copy protect' CD's. I came across the ULead Workshop 2 Trial yesterday. and have tested it on 2 different PC's. However, even without using the MacroVision (i think its called) Copy Protection it takes around 1hr 30m to burn a single DVD with only 6 minutes of footage.

Im not sure if this is some user error i am causing. or if this is common for the ULead software. Does it take this long normaly for everyone else?

BTW: the system specs of the 2 PC's i've tried this on are around as follows:
Dual Intel Xeon processors 2.8 Ghz each
1.5Gigs of RAM
SCSI HDD's 200gigs/160ish gigs free
GeForce FX 5600 Ultra Video

edit:
Forgot to include that the majority of time used is the 'Converting of video file:' the DVD 'burn' doesnt seem to take very long. about normal i'd wager.

[Devil]

Well, it will all depend on the format of your video file. If you have a DV format, for example, I would expect the encoding of a 6 min file to be between ~4 and 8 minutes with the most usual settings.

You will not get copy protection on DVD±R discs, only on DLT tape for glass mastering.

[kneeki]

You will not get copy protection on DVD±R discs, only on DLT tape for glass mastering.

Hmm, Copy protection is what im after. Even though i have the MacroVision box checked, It's not making the disk with copy protection? Or the only way to attain copy protection is by mass producing the DVD's? If that's the case im in some bum luck. Cause I only need it on a case-by-case use. Mass production isnt something that would help

Also. im not sure what format it's using. I'll double check it.

edit:
We are rendering with Adobe Premiere Pro. there simply .wmv files that are around 6-9 minutes in video length. Its using the Adobe Media Encoder to create the file. We're not extracting the video from a camera or anything like that. we're creating it from still image photos.

[kneeki]

UPDATE:
I used a mpeg2 video file (200megs vice the 78meg .wmv) and it just zipped through the converting. I assume because DVD's are mpeg2 and all its really changing is the headers (im guessing here).

[kneeki]

You will not get copy protection on DVD±R discs, only on DLT tape for glass mastering.

Any answer to if the MacroVision still copy protects DVD's? Im still confused on why the checkbox is there if it doesnt do its job

[DVDDoug]

There is something called CPRM (Copy Protection for Recordable Media). Last time I searched the Net, I couldn't find any software with it, but I found some DVD duplication companies that offered it. (I also haven't run-across any CPRM cracking software, and it is supposed to be better encryption / protection than CSS.)

The check-box is there to set a bit on your DLT, so the mastering software knows to include it. Ulead's manual is misleading.

Macrovision is analog copy protection. It prevents you from making a VCR copy (or an analog-capture copy). (Commercial VHS tapes use it too.) But, I have a little box called The Clarifier which connects between the player and recorder, and it removes the Macrovision signal.

CSS is digital copy protection, and it prevents you from making a direct digital copy of the DVD. It also means that if you can't copy the files from a DVD to your hard drive, you can't play the movie from your hard drive.

Both of these require an expensive license: But, the illegal software (illegal in the USA) to crack the protections is FREE!

The licensor of CSS encryption technology is DVD CCA (Copy Control Association), a non-profit trade association with offices at 225 B Cochrane Circle, Morgan Hill, CA. There is a $15,000 annual licensing fee, but no per-product royalties. Send license requests to css-license@lmicp.com , technical info requests to css-info@lmicp.com . Before December 15, 1999, CSS licensing was administered on an interim basis by Matsushita.

Macrovision licenses its analog anti-recording technology to hardware makers. There is a $30,000 initial charge, with a $15,000 yearly renewal fee. The fees support certification of players to ensure widest compatibility with televisions. There are no royalty charges for player manufacturers. Macrovision charges a royalty to content publishers (approximately 4 to 10 cents per disc, compared to 2 to 5 cents for a VHS tape).

[Devil]

You will not get copy protection on DVD±R discs, only on DLT tape for glass mastering.

Any answer to if the MacroVision still copy protects DVD's? Im still confused on why the checkbox is there if it doesnt do its job

It is there because DVDWS2 is used to produce the DLT tapes for glass mastering. The area where CSS and regional coding in a pressed disc is encoded is not sensitive in a DVD±R/RW.

One way that has been proposed but I don't know whether it works or not is to have a large dummy mpeg file at the end of the disc and to physically damage that area. This would make that file unreadable, so that copying the disc as a whole would not be possible, but I imagine that a little manipulation in a computer would easily get round that astuce.

Note that recommending any method of copy protection cracking is against the forum rules.