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Electric Cupcake (Banned) May 3, 2020 @ 3:27am

Should I buy AnyDVD HD or MakeMKV?

I had a lifetime licence to Slysoft before they got into legal trouble and had to rebrand, so I'm wary of shelling out again. On-the-fly decoding and playback from the disk through VLC vs. ripping and transcoding to the hard drive (taking up a lot of space) before watching both have advantages.

Note that this is all completely legal. And I already have a libredrive firmware-compatible drive.

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Air May 3, 2020 @ 4:12am

MakeMKV is still free if used with a beta key from https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1053

Last edited by Air; May 3, 2020 @ 4:13am

xSOSxHawkens May 3, 2020 @ 4:23am

Originally posted by Hugsie Muffinball:
I had a lifetime licence to Slysoft before they got into legal trouble and had to rebrand, so I'm wary of shelling out again. On-the-fly decoding and playback from the disk through VLC vs. ripping and transcoding to the hard drive (taking up a lot of space) before watching both have advantages.

Note that this is all completely legal. And I already have a libredrive firmware-compatible drive.

Neither, Handbrake.

Electric Cupcake (Banned) May 3, 2020 @ 4:47am

Originally posted by xSOSxHawkens:
Originally posted by Hugsie Muffinball:
I had a lifetime licence to Slysoft before they got into legal trouble and had to rebrand, so I'm wary of shelling out again. On-the-fly decoding and playback from the disk through VLC vs. ripping and transcoding to the hard drive (taking up a lot of space) before watching both have advantages.

Note that this is all completely legal. And I already have a libredrive firmware-compatible drive.
Neither, Handbrake.

That's fine for DVDs, but Handbrake still needs a background AACS decoder. Also, last time I used it, it couldn't scale subtitles very well.

emoticorpse May 3, 2020 @ 6:51am

For on the fly playback consider just using a free player like laewo bluray player while using Makemkv for ripping. Try vidcoder instead of handbrake.

Last edited by emoticorpse; May 3, 2020 @ 7:20am

UserNotFound May 3, 2020 @ 7:38am

Makemkv is the best I've tried so far, basically get a ripped Bluray with just about all its functionalities, like subtitles, different audio (DTS, Dolby), multi-language, etc. It's like having your Blurays in your HDD's.

Jamebonds1 May 3, 2020 @ 8:38am

Technically, tamper with encryption copy, such as DVD and Blu-Ray, is illegal. It is not worth the risk you just did. So, it is not all completely legal. People rarely face those consequences just for this personal use. My advice is not to rip any DVD and BluRay movies. Rip CD for personal has zero legal repercussions.

xSOSxHawkens May 3, 2020 @ 8:39am

Originally posted by Jamebonds1:
Technically, tamper with encryption copy, such as DVD and Blu-Ray, is illegal. It is not worth the risk you just did. So, it is not all completely legal. People rarely face those consequences just for this personal use. My advice is not to rip any DVD and BluRay movies. Rip CD for personal has zero legal repercussions.

it is *not* illegal. Him sharing it would be. Him ripping it for personal use has been upheld as fair right of use in both us US and most EU countries.

iceman1980 May 3, 2020 @ 8:42am

Originally posted by xSOSxHawkens:
Originally posted by Jamebonds1:
Technically, tamper with encryption copy, such as DVD and Blu-Ray, is illegal. It is not worth the risk you just did. So, it is not all completely legal. People rarely face those consequences just for this personal use. My advice is not to rip any DVD and BluRay movies. Rip CD for personal has zero legal repercussions.
it is *not* illegal. Him sharing it would be. Him ripping it for personal use has been upheld as fair right of use in both us US and most EU countries.

I transcode movies to watch on the go. I don't ever download illegal material.

Jamebonds1 May 3, 2020 @ 8:45am

Originally posted by xSOSxHawkens:
Originally posted by Jamebonds1:
Technically, tamper with encryption copy, such as DVD and Blu-Ray, is illegal. It is not worth the risk you just did. So, it is not all completely legal. People rarely face those consequences just for this personal use. My advice is not to rip any DVD and BluRay movies. Rip CD for personal has zero legal repercussions.
it is *not* illegal. Him sharing it would be. Him ripping it for personal use has been upheld as fair right of use in both us US and most EU countries.

It is, that is in the USA. Though, it is rarely people are being prosecuted even if it is for personal use. The government doesn't focus on people who use it for personal very often, they are focus on redistributors most often. So, there is no law that it is an exception to "personal use" or "backup purpose."

That is "Con" for ripping movies to the hard drive.

Originally posted by emoticorpse:
Originally posted by Jamebonds1:
Technically, tamper with encryption copy, such as DVD and Blu-Ray, is illegal. It is not worth the risk you just did. So, it is not all completely legal. People rarely face those consequences just for this personal use. My advice is not to rip any DVD and BluRay movies. Rip CD for personal has zero legal repercussions.

It's gray area, don't derail thread for this, his intentions aren't there.

I didn't derail. It is relevant to ripping.

Last edited by Jamebonds1; May 3, 2020 @ 8:50am

Jamebonds1 May 3, 2020 @ 8:57am

Originally posted by Product ∏:
Originally posted by xSOSxHawkens:
it is *not* illegal. Him sharing it would be. Him ripping it for personal use has been upheld as fair right of use in both us US and most EU countries.

I transcode movies to watch on the go. I don't ever download illegal material.

While I understand you are using it for personal only, there is the least risk of having legal repercussions.

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emoticorpse May 3, 2020 @ 11:16am

Originally posted by Jamebonds1:
Originally posted by xSOSxHawkens:
it is *not* illegal. Him sharing it would be. Him ripping it for personal use has been upheld as fair right of use in both us US and most EU countries.
It is, that is in the USA. Though, it is rarely people are being prosecuted even if it is for personal use. The government doesn't focus on people who use it for personal very often, they are focus on redistributors most often. So, there is no law that it is an exception to "personal use" or "backup purpose."

That is "Con" for ripping movies to the hard drive.

Originally posted by emoticorpse:

It's gray area, don't derail thread for this, his intentions aren't there.
I didn't derail. It is relevant to ripping.

Well i do understand that what you posted was somewhat relevant to ripping in general, pretty sure op and even most of us already Know that piece of information. Problem is you can argue both ways on it which is what might end up happening if it's brought up in here. Then people srart arguing and op's thread gets locked when all he wanted was some technical advice.

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DarthSidious666 May 3, 2020 @ 12:05pm

You are allowed ONE backup copy, but any copies must be destroyed if the original media is no longer owned (you sold it or gave to to another person therefore transferring ownership).

I've done this for personal use and because sometimes the original media (in this case a cd-rom) wouldn't load properly.

IT IS ILLEGAL to produce multiple copies and to keep the copy after the original is transferred or destroyed.

Edit: This applies to the laws in your country.

Last edited by DarthSidious666; May 3, 2020 @ 4:21pm

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Porky Pig May 3, 2020 @ 12:09pm

DVDShrink

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Jamebonds1 May 3, 2020 @ 8:50pm

Originally posted by emoticorpse:
Originally posted by Jamebonds1:
It is, that is in the USA. Though, it is rarely people are being prosecuted even if it is for personal use. The government doesn't focus on people who use it for personal very often, they are focus on redistributors most often. So, there is no law that it is an exception to "personal use" or "backup purpose."

That is "Con" for ripping movies to the hard drive.

I didn't derail. It is relevant to ripping.

Well i do understand that what you posted was somewhat relevant to ripping in general, pretty sure op and even most of us already Know that piece of information. Problem is you can argue both ways on it which is what might end up happening if it's brought up in here. Then people srart arguing and op's thread gets locked when all he wanted was some technical advice.

Either way, there is a risk involved. It is not zero legal repercussions.

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