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Output to DVD-R with CSS

When you need to copy-protect your DVD master - how do you add CSS or Macrovision without a DLT drive?

The easiest way to deal with this problem is to first save the project to your hard drive. In the case of a DVD-9 project, most DVD Authoring apps will build to the hard drive, two folders within the folder you designate. Those folders are:

1. Layer0
2. Layer1

Inside the Layer0 folder will be the 3 files normally written to DLT tape. They are:

1. DDPID
2. CONTROL.DAT
3. MAIN.DAT

The layer1 folder will look much the same.

Using Toast (or similiar), you can start a new project, select DVD-ROM UDF. It must be pure UDF.

Label the name of the project, the same same as the parent folder in which exists the two folders, Layer0, and Layer1.

Drag the Layer 0 folder into the project.

Burn a standard DVD-R General Media disc with the contents of Layer0, as described above, and then do the same for the Layer 1 folder. So it looks like this:

DVD-R General - Disc 1 (DVD-ROM) UDF Pure

project name (root of DVD-R)-Disc 1
-- Layer0 (folder)
----Main.DAT (file)
----Control.dat (file)
----DDPID (file)

DVD-R General - Disc 2 (DVD-ROM UDF Pure)

project name (root of DVD-R)-Disc 2
-- Layer1 (folder)
----Main.DAT (file)
----Control.dat (file)
----DDPID (file)

Now you essentially have exactly what a DLT would have been without the DLT. Instead, you are using DVD-Rs to hold the DDP images. If you employ this technique, please ensure you tell your PacificDisc rep, as they need to be aware of it first.

Using this technique, you can apply the Macrovision, and CSS flags, as well as any region control you want, and use DVD-R general media doing it. The replication process will be just as flawless as with DLT.

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