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Why can't I just copy DVD movies to my desktop or laptop PC's/computer's hard disk drive and then play them?

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CD/DVD/Blu-ray problem: Why can't I copy DVD movies to my computer's hard disk drive and then play them?

I'm trying to copy my DVD movies to the hard disk drive of my desktop PC. I can copy but can't play them. Is there some program that will let me burn a DVD movie on to my computer and play it? I have already tried one program and it uploads the movie into Audio and a Video folders.

Answer

To do that, a program that creates a virtual DVD drive is required. You then use a DVD burning program to create an ISO or image of the DVD. Once this is done, you right-click the virtual DVD drive and select the option to mount the image for viewing.

Several programs can do this. Alcohol 120% from http://www.alcohol-software.com/ does that very well.

However, due to the present legal restrictions, DVD movies protected with Content Scramble System (CSS) Digital Rights Management (DRM) copy protection technology cannot be backed up with Alcohol 120%.

Note well that if you can do the above, you could be violating copyright law in your country by breaking the copyright protection on the DVD.

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