Any News Of Cinavia Workarounds?

[Busyman]

I know Cinavia is only on BR but many DVD rips are mislabeled and come from BR. 20 minutes in, my sound cuts on PS3 and I have to get another version of the movie. Sometimes it cuts out in 3 minutes.

I like being able to just pop my movie on a thumbdtive plug in and play on my big screen.


The weird thing is that I can play the same movie for 20 more minutes the next day. I haven't got a ton of Cinavia DRMed movies but it can be a tad annoying.

[stan]

Not 100% true. It is on some dvd's as well.

http://blog.dvdfab.com/cinavia-protection.html

[Hole69]

Drop the useless PS3 and get a decent streamer/HTPC.

[mlindsay]

I don't even use my PS3 anymore for this reason. What I suggest is to get a blue-ray player that has a USB connection that can play files. I just bought an LG ( the LGs seem to play any file and you can even hook up a 1 or 2 TB hard drive to it ) for only $ 50.00. There hasn't been any files yet I haven't been able to play. I am sorry that there doesn't seem any true fix, however take heart that there are many inexpensive alternatives I would suggest buying one soon because many " NEW " blu-ray players will have Cinavia protection ( especially Sony ) Or you could of course hook up your computer directly to your TV. I have been told by a friend that the PS3 media server will bypass any Cinavia but I haven't tried it because I find having a 2 TB hard drive connected to my DVD player extremely easy and have no need for any other method at this moment.

[Hole69]

ALL new BD players are mandated to have Cinavia, and I wouldn't be surprised if firmware was released for older players with Cinavia snuck in. I'd avoid all BD players and focus on a ~$350 HTPC or ~$120 media streamer.

[haveaclue]

noway around cinavia on ps3 unless its a jailbroke CFW3.55

[mlindsay]

ALL new BD players are mandated to have Cinavia, and I wouldn't be surprised if firmware was released for older players with Cinavia snuck in. I'd avoid all BD players and focus on a ~$350 HTPC or ~$120 media streamer.

Couldn't you just not update it ?

[Hole69]

ALL new BD players are mandated to have Cinavia, and I wouldn't be surprised if firmware was released for older players with Cinavia snuck in. I'd avoid all BD players and focus on a ~$350 HTPC or ~$120 media streamer.

Couldn't you just not update it ?

Of course. Just saying.

[mlindsay]

There, are certainly advantages to using a media streamer. Do you think they will shove Cinavia in those soon too ?

[Hole69]

More than likely. Popcorn hour's model with a BD drive looks like it has it. The best alternative as of right now is a HTPC.