Stranger Than Fiction

[Webslinger]

Originally Posted by Clams Canino

OK let me rephrase that... it takes about 1.5 minutes (at worst) to analyse the disk and pop it up on the screen - naked for the taking. If AnyDVD took that long on the new Sony DVD's - I'd understand why - so long as it DID it.

1. I can understand wanting to Anydvd to work with Shrink. I am, actually, sympathetic to the complaint (or more so than some others are).

2. Nothing can decrypt the Sony junk on the fly so that it's cleaned up--so far. That's just the limitation of being a driver. Conversely, Dvdfab can't do what Anydvd can for HTPC users. The only solution has to be targeted at the Anydvd ripper portion of the program, as far as I can tell.

The only program that really competes with anydvd on a driver level, as far as I'm aware is DvdIdle Pro or dvd region+CSS (put out by the dvdfab team), but those programs have not been officially updated since Oct. 26, 2006, so the situation there seems much worse to me.

[Skizzo]

If I right click and Rip video DVD to hard drive can I just burn them on 2 separate discs? My trial of Clonedvd is up and don't have 40$ until next month.

[BBGun19]

So i use any DVD to rip to the HD... it rips it, but shrink still doesn't read it to burn just the movie... i get rid of menus anyways... but it can't find the VIDEO_TS file...

[James]

Originally Posted by BBGun19

So i use any DVD to rip to the HD... it rips it, but shrink still doesn't read it to burn just the movie... i get rid of menus anyways... but it can't find the VIDEO_TS file...

Don't tick "remove unreferenced cells" in AnyDVD ripper.
Even better: Don't use the ripper. Use CloneDVD to rip.

[James]

Originally Posted by Webslinger

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The only program that really competes with anydvd on a driver level, as far as I'm aware is DvdIdle Pro or dvd region+CSS (put out by the dvdfab team), but those programs have not been officially updated since Oct. 26, 2006, so the situation there seems much worse to me.

DvdIdle Pro and dvd region+CSS both don't operate on the driver level.
They use user mode hooks, so they operate on a "per process" basis. AnyDVD is a real kernel mode driver and operates systemwide.

[Webslinger]

Originally Posted by James

DvdIdle Pro and dvd region+CSS both don't operate on the driver level.
They use user mode hooks, so they operate on a "per process" basis. AnyDVD is a real kernel mode driver and operates systemwide.

I'm not promoting those other programs (in fact, I dislike them). Perhaps what I should have said instead is that the only other programs that I'm aware of that claim to decrypt on the fly also cannot handle the the Sony stuff and haven't been updated since Oct. 2006, which place them in a far worse position, in my opinion, than Anydvd.

[James]

Originally Posted by Webslinger

I'm not promoting those other programs (in fact, I dislike them). Perhaps what I should have said instead is that the only other programs that I'm aware of that claim to decrypt on the fly also cannot handle the the Sony stuff and haven't been updated since Oct. 2006, which place them in a far worse position, in my opinion, than Anydvd.

I just wanted to correct your statement, that DvdIdle Pro and dvd region+CSS work on a driver level (they don't).

[Webslinger]

Originally Posted by James

I just wanted to correct your statement, that DvdIdle Pro and dvd region+CSS work on a driver level (they don't).

Thank you for correcting me.