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Limit DVD Views
Name: njax01 Date: August 11, 2006 at 11:36:19 Pacific OS: Win2k CPU/Ram: 2.8GHZ/1gb Product: Dell/Optiplex
Comment:
Hello,
Is there any way to limit the number of times a DVD can be viewed? Specifically..on the DVD itself. I don't want to rely on a workstation setting.
Name: Kurt S Date: August 11, 2006 at 15:31:39 Pacific
Reply:
DVD's themselves don't work that way. However, you could re-author the DVD with software that will put time limits or the amount of times the DVD can be played. It will put the information in a hidden registry entry that counts the amount of times the disc was played in that computer.
One such program is ProShow Gold. You can put still photos or videos on a DVD and set it to the amount of times the show will play. Unfortunatly, this doesn't limit the total times played on different computers, just each computer.
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Response Number 2
Name: oldfogey Date: August 11, 2006 at 15:40:18 Pacific
Reply:
And, of course, it can always be circumvented by those with the knowledge.
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Response Number 3
Name: njax01 Date: August 11, 2006 at 19:07:25 Pacific
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