Update for new Cinavia protection? Options

[DaveO88]

how it sees in future from with the new protection (Cinavia)

http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=41581
that would be playing not possible,

will there be for this then an update with it these contents on the WDTV to WDTV Live are to be played?

[WDUser]

Glad you asked, 'cos I was planning to post about this myself. According to this article, none of the WD TV models are affected so far, unlike the PS3. However, there seems to be some confusion in this regard since according to this post on the official forum, the Live (and possibly other models) might be affected after all.

Indeed, as soon as I can get my hands on the original discs, I plan to test this personally by ripping BluRay releases of The Wolfman, Shutter Island, The Losers and Repo Men (titles known to have this DRM protection) and will report back here with my results. If anyone else can double-check, that would be great. Just be sure to check with the original DTS 5.1 soundtracks and not converted versions (though simple conversion using different codecs doesn't seem to remove the DRM).

Also, I can't say for sure if Cinavia detection will ever be (silently) included in a future FW release for any of the WD TV models (especially the Live, which supports audio watermark detection, or the Live Plus, which has that as well as hardware support for Netflix DRM). It could be possible, especially if usage of this technology becomes widespread (which I think it will), and movie studios/the MPAA start applying pressure on companies like WD to get with the program. I for one hate all forms of DRM, so count me out of supporting any company that includes this crap in their products. Also, I hope someone comes up with a way around this soon. Nothing's impossible for the determined, and in this cat-and-mouse game I believe it's only a matter of time before this protection scheme is broken too, so we can all show the MPAA just what we think of their idiotic outmoded ideas.

[DaveO88]

Shutter Island does not have this protection.
The Losers is the first retail BD that has it.

Yes it is really confusing. very often is reported that it will not work. but in this article is the WD and popcorn reported no problems have

Thx

[WDUser]

Shutter Island does not have this protection.

According to reports on the net (just Google), TS/CAM releases of The Wolfman and Shutter Island use Cinavia. Apparently even the TS release of Robin Hood uses it. (TS/CAM versions of movies protected with Cinavia trigger Message 1, whereas BR ripped versions trigger Message 3.) I have no idea myself since even if I bothered to waste my time downloading these bad quality early rips, I don't have an updated PS3 to check.

But yes, you're right in that The Losers and Repo Men seem to be the first BR discs to have this protection, though again according to reports not all discs of these movies sold in all regions have Cinavia on them. It's early days, but I'm sure it's a plague that'll infect all releases soon. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Edit: Cinavia will affect most, if not all, future releases and all new BR players, since all major Hollywood studios and BR player manufacturers (members of the AACS LA cross-industry consortium) have signed on to implement it. So if you have a PS3 or BR player or any other piece of hardware that might be affected by this, be extra careful while updating its firmware!