Blocked BD copy playback (Cinavia)

[SamuriHL]

Originally Posted by RBBrittain

So, does anyone actually have their hands on a RETAIL copy of The Losers (or other alleged Cinavia-protected title)? Until someone does this, it's still possible Cinavia was put only on pre-release copies. Doing this will also answer the question of whether or not software players support Cinavia, which could prevent even playback when AnyDVD HD is running (since it strips out AACS).

Waiting for delivery, but, I have to go out tonight so I don't know if I'll get to it tonight.

[fast eddie]

Hardware playing test results for THE LOSERS.

Source Disk
The Losers, BD-ROM single layer, 18.9gb for the entire disk, NO Cinavia logo on the source disk anywhere, region A Blu-ray disk

Blank back-up disk is a Ritek-BR2-00 burn rate 4.1 single layer BD-R burned with Imgburn.

00002.M2TS (movie only file)
00000.MPLS (playlist file)


FULL DISK BACK-UP
AnyDVD HD 6.6.7.0 all default settings
Imgburn

MOVIE ONLY BACK-UP
No 2 ripping software program (HD audio NOT selected)
Imgburn

Hardware Blu-ray player
Sony BDP-S301 firmware 5.30 (latest)

Feedback from BDinfo
VC-1 video 1080p/23.976fps/16.9/advanced profile3
DTS-HD master audio 5.1/48khz/24bit (DTS core 5.1/48khz/1509kbps/24bit)

Conclusion
No problems anywhere disk played fine all the way thru. But, don't plan to do anymore firmware updates on the Blu-ray player. Advertising for Cinavia must be hush/hush could not find the Cinavia logo anywhere on the disk.

[SamuriHL]

Mine hasn't come yet and I have to leave soon. sigh. I plan on doing some very similar tests with my PS3. I've got some verbatim BD-RE SL discs kicking around so I'll use that for a full disc backup. And I'll make an xvid, as well, and stream that to the PS3. Will be fun. I want to check the DVD, as well.

[James]

Originally Posted by SamuriHL

But are we sure the core audio is free of this crap anyway?

No, why should it?

[SamuriHL]

Originally Posted by James

No, why should it?

I misunderstood what Peer was saying. I didn't believe it would be but was confused. I also think this crap will be on the DVD, too, but, until I get my copy delivered I can't test any of it.

[mukooh]

i have a copy of north american 'the losers' will test it tonight...will send info for it to slysoft on bumblebee...

don't know if 'repo man' north america has cinavia...(it's been rumored to have it) but i backed it up as an mkv....played it from a harddrive through patriot home box office onto a sony bdp n460 with no audio problems...am now making a 25 gig bdr.....have not updated any firmware on player, home box office...mkv plays flawlessly on tmt home computer as well..last updated tmt a couple of months ago...have sent info per bumblebee to slysoft...

can post log files to both here if it will help....

[MDG84]

Hopefully someone can report back this evening on how this all works out. fast eddie says his copy worked. Are you playing this back on a PS3 or another Blu-ray player?

[Thraxen]

Originally Posted by MDG84

Hopefully someone can report back this evening on how this all works out. fast eddie says his copy worked. Are you playing this back on a PS3 or another Blu-ray player?

It's in his post. It says he tried it on a "Sony BDP-S301" with the latest firmware (5.30). However, after a quick Google search, I've found that the latest firmware is actually 5.40 and I can't find any mention that that player currently supports Cinavia anyway. So I'm not sure how useful his testing is at this point.

[SamuriHL]

I got mine but the family wants to watch a movie tonight so it'll be tomorrow before I can test it.

[florinsasu]

I wonder if The Losers was chosen to be the first Cinavia disc as a joke?