Cinavia (anti-disc piracy watermark)?
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 8:19 pm
I just now tried to view a back-up copy DVD-R of a movie, and happily enjoyed the first twenty minutes of the film -- until the sound abruptly cut-out and the following error message appeared on the screen...
“Audio outputs temporarily muted. Do not adjust the playback volume. The content being played is protected by Cinavia™ and is not authorized for playback on this device.”
I have never heard of this. I Googled it and it appears most DVDs and Blu-rays released since 2010 are encoded with this "watermark", which cannot be circumvented when copying a video disc, and which triggers the above error message when a "pirated" disc is played.
I'd like to add I am not in the habit of pirating discs. but I do make safety copies. (The disc in question however was made by someone else.)
Anyone else encounter this? (I did a search of this board and it's never been mentioned in any of our discussions).
“Audio outputs temporarily muted. Do not adjust the playback volume. The content being played is protected by Cinavia™ and is not authorized for playback on this device.”
I have never heard of this. I Googled it and it appears most DVDs and Blu-rays released since 2010 are encoded with this "watermark", which cannot be circumvented when copying a video disc, and which triggers the above error message when a "pirated" disc is played.
I'd like to add I am not in the habit of pirating discs. but I do make safety copies. (The disc in question however was made by someone else.)
Anyone else encounter this? (I did a search of this board and it's never been mentioned in any of our discussions).