new dvd burner

[visco]

i just bought a new dvd burner and it will not let me shrink or decrypt dvd's. it tells me i need a key to run these programs.. is there a download i can run to bypass this and are all new durners doing this? my burner is a LG internal super multi dvd rewriter 22X, (gh 22)

thanks mitch

[Guest]

What programs are you talking about?

[visco]

the programs i run are dvd shrink 3.2 and dvd decyrpter 3.5.4... the new dvd burner wants a key to let me use these programs

[setarip_old]

Hi!the new dvd burner wants a key to let me use these programsPlease post the EXACT message you're seeing...

[Leak]

Hi!Please post the EXACT message you're seeing...
Or, even better, a screenshot of the message.

[visco]

the xact message a follows: device authentication failed!

device[3.0.0] hl-dt-st dvd-ram gh22lp20 1.02 (e:)(ata)

reason: failed to send key 2

[setarip_old]

@visco

Are you able to use this new drive with other programs?

Are you able to use it to play video discs or music discs?

Does Windows recognize the drive?

[Leak]

Does the drive actually play any of your DVDs? Perhaps it's missing it's region code setting?

[visco]

i called LG , they said on alot of the new dvd burners that are coming out, they are putting keys on them so they can't copy or rip movies.. he did tell me there are programs to override this, but wouldn't tell me where.

[Leak]

i called LG , they said on alot of the new dvd burners that are coming out, they are putting keys on them so they can't copy or rip movies.. he did tell me there are programs to override this, but wouldn't tell me where.
Good god, what kind of vegetable is manning LG's support desk?

ALL DVD drives fresh from the factory contain a region code that usually is set the first time you play a region-coded DVD.

Please tell us which DVD region (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region#Region_codes_and_countries) you're in and what region the DVDs you want to rip are from. If those two don't match you either need a region-free firmware for your DVD burner or something like AnyDVD to work around the region code mismatch.

np: Tim Exile - Family Galaxy (Listening Tree)

[visco]

i'm in region 1 and the movies are in region 1...i will just take this LG back and get something else, any suggestions... thanks for the help.

[setarip_old]

@visco

Please answer these questions from my previous post:

Are you able to use this new drive with other programs?

Are you able to use it to play video discs or music discs?

Does Windows recognize the drive?

[visco]

yes it works with other programs and games,but not movies. windows recognizes the drive. i took it back and got a pioneer which works perfect. thanks

[setarip_old]

i took it back and got a pioneer which works perfect.Good resolution ;>}