When did Libdvdcss.dll become unusable

[jimt29]

Description of problem or question:

Libdvdcss.dll No longer works


Steps to reproduce the problem (If Applicable):

None


HandBrake version (e.g., 1.0.0):

Not applicable


Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Windows 10 Creators Update):

Windows 10

I have used Handbrake for many years and got the idea about adding Libdvdcss.dll to copy dvd’s here in the first place.

I have not made a copy since last year but made many hundreds of MP4 files so I can watch movies without needing the DVD’s.

What changed, when and why?

Using Handbrake to add MP4 movies was way better than any other way I have seen offered/suggested here.

People are always going to want a backup on there computer and Handbrake provided an excellent solution to the problem.

[Woodstock]

Use of 3rd-party libraries for decryption has not been supported since, well, as long as I've been on this forum. In part because it is so fragile and the library isn't part of the handbrake project, so the authors have no control over it. If you want support for it, ask the 3rd party that supplies it.

Use a ripping tool to get the video off of protected media, and use handbrake to process it after that.

[mduell]

What changed, when and why?

The HB project itself lost interest in the encrypted DVD game for legal and technical reasons. Newer structural protections unrelated to CSS became more widespread resulting in libdvdcss not being enough on many disks anyway. And users migrated to Blu-ray which at the time had no similar OSS library.

It hasn't been supported for years.

[s55]

Replace years with decade

Officially, support was Dropped in official releases in November 2008, making that 10 years ago now.