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submitted 1 month ago by tkw8@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Tried to support the industry by buying a movie a watch a lot. Well, no more. If I need a pihole just to watch a movie I own, that's ridiculous.

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[-] tkw8@lemm.ee 58 points 1 month ago

VLC on a Linux laptop. You think my Blu-ray player has the ability to take screenshots?

[-] musubibreakfast@lemm.ee 48 points 1 month ago

Yes, and I assume you wrote this message on your blu-ray player and typed it with your remote

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You never heard of a capture card?

Can I introduce you to my friend MakeMKV?

[-] tkw8@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

MakeMKV handles my Blu-ray decryption for VLC

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago
[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago

HDCP is easy to bypass. Almost laughable really, there are tons of "Splitters" and Strippers on the market. I've also seem a few totally legal capture cards that can read it directly.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 weeks ago

You can crack anything if you are remotely motivated.

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 weeks ago
[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 weeks ago

Never say never. Especially since we're only in the beginning of the AI era, AI de-compilation is starting to become feasible, AI cracking probably will too.

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 4 weeks ago

Empress called it quits after she went insane. I don't think we're doing to get Denuvo crackers for quite a while....

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Did you actually read what I said or did you assume I'd say something specific and then just respond to that without reading...

[-] kugmo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

empress is a man larping as a woman, he's voski in disguise.

[-] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 month ago

Does VLC report this? Kinda seems like the sorta thing that only works on actual players.

[-] tkw8@lemm.ee 32 points 1 month ago

It tried to. I use an opnsense firewall which caught it. I copied my logs and submitted the domains to a popular dns blocklist and they’ve already been merged.

[-] B0rax@feddit.org 7 points 4 weeks ago
[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Was this like an iso file of the disk that you played played in vlc? And you're saying it tried to ping that telemetry domain? I'm not quite understanding the context here.

[-] tkw8@lemm.ee 4 points 4 weeks ago

Physical disc in a cd/dvd/bluray drive

[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

So you put the physical disk in and it plays through vlc player on your pc?

If so, are you sure it was vlc that pinged the domain and not the bluray player?

[-] tkw8@lemm.ee 4 points 4 weeks ago

Both devices made ping attempts. Not hard to confirm with firewall logs bc of timestamps and internal IP addresses.

[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 points 4 weeks ago

Interesting. Got it. Pihole is helpful as you said. Also maybe set a firewall rule for vlc not be able to connect to the wider Internet.

[-] Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 1 month ago

Disconnect from the internet while watching. Close it when you finished. Restart your computer, then connect to the internet and you should be fine I think

[-] tkw8@lemm.ee 39 points 1 month ago

I’m all good. I really wasn’t asking for tech support. Just sharing something with the community. Don’t worry, Sony didn’t get my data.

Thanks for the helpful thoughts though.

[-] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago
[-] potatobro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 month ago
[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

I am sometimes surprised to find new things VLC can do, it's awesome.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But for real, does it play blu rays? I was under the impression it did not and you had to get that $100 program.

[-] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 4 weeks ago

It does. Last time I did it, though, it required a couple of files to get going. Have a look here for info: http://fvonline-db.bplaced.net/

[-] tkw8@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

It does but I use makemkv for the Blu-ray decryption

[-] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 weeks ago

Not UHD discs. Those don't play on windows.

[-] AgentRocket@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

Not out of the box, AFAIK, but there is a plugin. I never got it to work though, because you also need some up-to-date certification file.

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