Solution to Cinavia

[Super1es]

I was able to pass the Cinavia protection by doing the following.
Under Transcoding Settings just put a check next to......
Keep DTS audio in stream (Compatible with optical output) -> Careful, slight bitrate overhead ! [Avisynth not supported]

Worked for me

[Val Killmore]

I was able to pass the Cinavia protection by doing the following.
Under Transcoding Settings just put a check next to......
Keep DTS audio in stream (Compatible with optical output) -> Careful, slight bitrate overhead ! [Avisynth not supported]

Worked for me

If this does work, it would only work if the file has DTS audio. Any other format would be excluded from this exception (AC3,AAC). Testing to see if it actually works with DTS now.


Edit: Having just hooked up my new system, I never realized this would work, but it does for DTS audio.

[abaregi]

Yeah I tried the above, it works for DTS files those I have tested. Getting BR AC3 rips to work has so far been unsuccessful for me

Anyone managed non DTS yet?

[LiveLarger]

Is the Cinavia isseu worse with the latest updates? It has been in the ps3 for quite a while now? Or do people notice it more that there is more movies with it enabled?

[Val Killmore]

Is the Cinavia isseu worse with the latest updates? It has been in the ps3 for quite a while now? Or do people notice it more that there is more movies with it enabled?

It has to do with both things you mentioned. The few workarounds are being whittled down by Sony updates, for example the "multi-out" trick, which was killed by a recent firmware update.

But now that more mainstream movies are being infected, more people are being introduced to it as well. So it has to do with both.

Cinavia has been around since FW update 3.01 or so according to the SlySoft forums.

[Val Killmore]

Yeah I tried the above, it works for DTS files those I have tested. Getting BR AC3 rips to work has so far been unsuccessful for me

Anyone managed non DTS yet?

It's not gonna happen with other audios like aac and ac3....plain and simple.

EDIT: I should say within reason, for the average user using the typical available video/audio editing softwares currently available. Also, anything that may break Cinavia in the future will most definitely be proprietary. And if not, any free solution will most likely be way to involved and complicated for typical users who just want to sit 'n play their movies.


The only other way is to have a Cinavia free device, like the 360 or many different BluRay players out there. Encoding/remuxing to AVCHD structure on USB or disc generally play on Cinavia free BluRay players. Many standalones don't recognize Cinavia DRM as well.

HTPC's also work fine as there is not yet a software based media player with Cinavia recognition.

DVDFab claims to have a way, but it is pretty complicated.

List of Cinavia free devices as of today

Bluray players/media players that contain Cinavia:

Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) - Firmwares affected - all firmwares newer than v3.01 contain Cinavia (Message Code 3)
Pioneer BDP-V6000 - unknown firmware atm
Denon DBP-1611UD - unknown firmware atm
Marantz UD5005 - unknown firmware atm

Bluray players/media players that DONT contain Cinavia:

LG BD550 latest BD.8.31.339.C firmware, some firmwares earlier than 300.C contained cinavia
LG BD560 latest BD.8.31.339.C firmware, some firmwares earlier than 300.C contained cinavia
LG BD570 latest BD.8.31.339.C firmware, some firmwares earlier than 300.C contained cinavia
Samsung BD-P1590 latest firmware v2.13 and older
Samsung BD-C5900-XAA firmware BSP-C6900WWB-1019.1 and older
Samsung BD-C6900 up until firmware version BSP-C6900WWB-1018.1
Sony BDP-S300 firmware v5.30 and older (unknown if v5.40 is protected)
Sony BDP-S301 firmware v5.30 and older (unknown if v5.40 is protected)
Sony BDP-S360 latest firmware 007 and older
Sony BDP-S370 firmware M03.R.315 and older
Sony BDP-S550 latest firmware 020 and older
Sony BDP-S560 latest firmware 007 and older
Sony BDP-S570 firmware M04.R.624 and older
Sony BDP-N460 firmware M02.R.123 and older
Sony BDP-CX960 firmware v013 and older
Oppo BDP-83 latest firmware BDP-83-55-0226/BDP-83-55-0226B and older
Oppo BDP-93 latest firmware BDP9x-42-0323 and older
Panasonic DMP-BD85 - firmware v1.50 dated 03/08/2010 and older
Panasonic DMP-BDT350 - firmware v1.73 dated November 22, 2010 and older
Panasonic SC-BT230 firmware 1.50 and older
Philips BDP9600 firmware 1.53
Pioneer BDP-51FD and BDP-05FD firmware v1.70
Pioneer BDP-320 V3.70 firmware and older
Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player 1st Gen - model: WDAVN00 (latest FW v1.03.01 and older)
Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player 2nd Gen - model: WDBABF0000NBK-NESN (firmware 1.01.70 and older)
Western Digital WD TV Live HD Media Player 1st Gen - model: WDBAAN0000NBK (latest beta Firmware v1.03.35 and older)
Western Digital WD TV Live Plus HD Media Player 1st Gen - model: WDBABX0000NBK (latest Firmware v1.03.29 and older)
Vizio VBR100 firmware unknown
X-Box 360 (though not BR player, it is a media player) free of Cinavia

[ep_swat]

Can I link to that v3.3 please? And also what if I downloaded an .AVI, I just got slammed on Battlefield LA tonight 15-20 minutes into the movie. Here was my error

“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. For more information, see http://www.cinavia.com. Message Code 3.”

If you Pause for 10 seconds the audio comes on then it goes back out again. Man these movies companies have got it going on. I am using Media Server 1.21.1 on Windows 7 streaming to my PS3 with the newest firmware update that I installed tonight 5-22-2011.

[Val Killmore]

If it's AVI, you are outta luck.

If the PS3 processes the audio at all, the Cinavia will be detected, and you WILL see the error.

And NO, you can't re-encode to DTS. At least not with anything free that I know of. DTS is a proprietary audio format, thus licenses are required, and if it's even possible reasonably.

And NO, re-encoding to aac, or flac or whatever will not work either............as stated many times in this thread.

Sorry just re-itterating the point before someone else asks.

And NO, you can't go backwards in firmware versions on your PS3. Not anyway I know of.

[Ribbed]

Would this work...

But when ripping the DVD / BD, couldn't we just strip out all Audio that falls outside of the human audible range?

Likewise couldn't this solution be applied to media servers when transcoding - they just don't bother streaming any audio that falls outside of the human audible range?

[Val Killmore]

It's more complicated than that.

Check out SlySoft or DVDFab forums for more info on how it works....or so they think so far.