

Step 8 - Leave all the setting as default - do not change! Step 7 - Although in Japanese click on the button to the right of the second text field - this is the DESTINATION location Step 5 - Although in Japanese click on the button to the right of the first text field - this is the SOURCE location Step 3 - Mount the CPRM in your PC DVD reader and allow Windows to scan the volume

Step 2 - Unzip the file to your windows hard drive Copying this file to the computer did not help as it was still encrypted. My Windows XP machine would mount the volume and I could also see the *.VRO file size.My iMac would mount the volume, however all files were 0k and were protected, so I could not copy them.*Note: Not all DVD readers will mount the CPRM. This program basically copies the source from the CPRM in your computer DVD reader, removes the encryption and saves the decrypted *.VRO file to your computer. I though I would share this solution with everyone else. I finally stubbled across a nice little program called relCPRM.exe on a Japanese forum.

So after multiple forums later - I discovering that normal DVD copy software MAC & PC was no match for the CPRM encryption. Which means the DVD can only be played back on the original PVR or DVR. VRO file player / converter, I discovered that CPRM DVD's are encrypted with a machine specific code. The CPRM DVD would not play in Australia on our region free DVD player or either MAC or Windows computer.Īfter some searching for a. Japan has embraced CPRM technology and the recorded DVD is produced by recording TV programs using a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) or DVR (Digital Video Recorder). This month is the first time we received a CPRM (Copy Protect Recordable Media) with a video format *.VRO. With the national change over in Japan to Digital Broadcasting our friends have recently upgraded their equipment. My partner is Japanese and we often receive TV programs recorded on DVD from friends in Japan on a regular basis.
