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Is it possible to password protect a DVD?

Aug 30, 2007 7:54AM PDT

I would like to burn video onto a DVD as a movie but need to password protect it. The video has confidential information. Ideally, after inserting the DVD disk into the DVD player or DVD drive, the viewer would be prompted to input a password using the DVD remote or PC keyboard. Is this possible? Placing data on the DVD disk with Password protected folders or files is not an option.

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The DVD standard means no such thing.
Aug 30, 2007 11:49AM PDT

Sorry but I didn't find this in the standard so my answer is no.

You'll have to use the physical security method.

Bob

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Sort of...
Sep 7, 2007 11:47AM PDT
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That doesn't work. No rip needed.
Sep 7, 2007 11:53AM PDT

I tried that. All I needed to do was explore the disk and click on a .vob. It played so there is no security here.

Bob

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Is it possible to password protect a DVD?
Sep 13, 2007 12:41AM PDT
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Looks unreliable.
Sep 13, 2007 1:24AM PDT

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Imagine if you needed to get support.

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Here How
Sep 8, 2015 12:15AM PDT

The best way would probably be is to create a DVD folder, then encrypt it with the encryption software of your choosing. Once you have done that, just copy the encrypted DVD folder and the encryption software to a DVD.

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Read the top post
Sep 8, 2015 5:27AM PDT

They want to pop it into a DVD Player. Your reply sounds as if they were going to play on a PC.

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Is this what you mean?
Sep 8, 2015 7:58PM PDT
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encrypt it
Sep 8, 2015 8:12PM PDT

each person using it would need the decryption program and password. Load the volume, decrypt it, play it.

Just like any encrypted data burned to a DVD or USB or HDD. You create a volume from the video file or the folder with the file in it, encrypt it, burn to DVD. Person on the other side does it in reverse. TrueCrypt is freely available for doing that.

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Read that top post.
Sep 8, 2015 10:46PM PDT

The player is a bog standard DVD player. No PC so how can this work?

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(NT) No PC, no workee
Sep 9, 2015 9:22AM PDT