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SACD 'False' message
I have a collection of rare SACD discs which have cost me a pretty penny over the years. Needless to say, I would hate to lose or damage them so I openly admit to making copies of the discs to play whilst keeping the original discs safe on the shelf. But since a recent firmware update on my BDP-S590 Blu Ray player I now get a 'False' reading in the LCD display. Does this mean Sony have implemented some DRM that stops me from playing copied disc?
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Hi there and welcome to the Community
I'm not an expert in TV / Blu ray players etc but yes your model does have Cinavia
protection.
From wikipedia:
"Cinavia works to prevent copying via the detection of a watermark recorded into the analog audio of media such as theatrical films and Blu-ray discs. Note that the intent is to prevent all copying, both pirate copies and legal copies of one's own content, for example, for format shifting."
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I don't think Cinavia is part of the SACD standard as the wiki refers only to Blu-ray and I'd never heard of it being shifted to other formats. Assuming these discs are a few years old, Cinavia relies on watermarking as part of the actual disc image, so likely these discs were produced prior to it being rolled out to Blu-ray anyway. So very unlikely this is Cinavia in my opinion.
[Edited by Nadine1325 to remove links relating to piracy]
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Cheers for the input.
If its not some sort of protection I'm wondering if its an error of some sort?
Someone posted a similar problem in the USA forum but no-one posted a solution.
I can't find a reference to 'false' in the manual for your player either.
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Thanks for replying and confirmed my worst fears. I understand why DRM is essential in some ways but this is not going to work for me. Wish I'd known about this before I updated. I will have to find an alternative player as I won't be buying Sony again.

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HI there
Before you give up, have you tested the original SACD's - because if they dont work either, you may want to contact Sony directly and report a fault (possibly a firmware fault) as the specs say that SACD is supported. If they work, and the burnt ones dont, try doing a direct bit-for-bit copy of the disc.
BTW, making copies for your own use is perfect fine
Cheers
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Hi Quinnicus
I chose 3 of my original SACD discs at random and they play fine. So it must have been something in the firmware update that's stopping the copied ones playing. I appreciate the feedback and advice.
Regards
Shaun

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Thats ok, I thought it might be worth a shot anyhow.
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D'oh the clue was in the question lol.
Firmware updates can sometimes be 'tempremental'

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yeah, was wondering if the FW update also disabled all SACD play-back.
One of the features that is needed (and requested) is to roll-back FW updates - especially for if/when it goes wrong. But I dont see this being implemented unfortunately.