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DVD Decrypter -- gone forever
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 6 June, 2005
Not really a good way to start a new week -- this just came in via our news submit (thanks Shoey):
Hello world,
I've got some good news and some bad news. Let's start with the good.... (tumble weed passes by)Ok, and now onto the bad: DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0 is the last version you'll ever see.We hoped this day would never come, but it has, and I can promise you, nobody is more gutted about ... [ read the full article ]
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She
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19. June 2005 @ 15:25 |
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I read just this morning that dvd decryptor was back...didnt actually go see for myself. it was on another forum, possibly the shrink forum over at DVD±R Digest, but not sure, i've been to a few today.
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20. June 2005 @ 18:55 |
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Thank you for emailing. This person is me. I am just a fan.
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SamsonKMS
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21. June 2005 @ 07:53 |
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I believe that the fact that "the certain company" does not want its name to be released to the public, EVEN THOUGH THEY ACT LEGALLY, shows that SOMETHING is wrong with that company.
I am not sure how to define that SOMETHING but it is something wrong. Most likely, that something indicates that the company is at least wrong morally.
If that company would have to use the court system to pursue the DVD Decrypter developer, they WOULD HAVE to reveal their name as part of the ?open court? concept. It would be very valuable for that company to seek a major court penalty for the developer as a public warning and deterring example to others.
Hiding their name was so important to them that they preferred to keep their name secret over the above-mentioned benefit.
In this occasion, I salute the developer of the DVD Decrypter product for both, the quality and EASE of USE of the product and most of all for his contribution to the wars against ?evil empires?.
As a footnote, I would like to remind everybody, that BY THEORY, EVERY encryption is decipherable, given enough time and compute power. With the virtually (cheap) infinite compute power that we have today, we can all relax?
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A_Klingon
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21. June 2005 @ 18:51 |
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Hope you're right Samson.
I'll relax, but how long do you suppose it will be before we will be able to backup our soon-to-be blu-ray high-daffy-nition Hollywood Blockbusters?
Years, I bet. It's not just a question of how many cpu's there are working on the problem. It's a question of reverse-engineering-savvy, and programmer-smarts.
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navman911
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21. June 2005 @ 19:35 |
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I heard on doom9's website that the company that took DVD Decrypter down is Macrovision. Of all the companies to take him down...macrovision.
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l_talbot
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23. June 2005 @ 11:19 |
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I'm very sad to say this, but this is the beginning of the end of the freebie.
If you pay out the ass for something (such as a DVD) that most people can't afford anyway because of kids, clothes, fuel prices, auto insurance (another racket, but that's another thread!) rent and food, that leaves very, very little to enjoy life on.
Take a way the good things in life, and all we are is just working robots. The rich get richer, buy all the DVDs, and the poor get poorer and are forced to rent them, because life prevents them from starving their family's for a DVD or two.
Sooner or later we all lose everything "free." If you think you live in a free country (the US) just try not paying your taxes a few years, and you'll find out just how free you are! (Happy New Year to you, in jail!)
We (the people) have to get wiser. Keep these good things going, just keep them on the down low. keep developing hacks, but pass them via P2P. That way no one can come after anyone. The only way to beat the system is by not appearing in it.
Stay under the radar, and we all will live much better lives because of it! "Free" lives!
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23. June 2005 @ 17:11 |
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Dont be all doom and gloom. Someone will come along and pick up the torch that LUK had taken from him and continue to provide tools for us to use. In other words when someone builds a bigger wall, someone will build a taller ladder!
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dylan666
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23. June 2005 @ 20:00 |
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WTF? DVD Decrypter is still out there and will always be, they cant stop it. i know at least 6 people who are working on updating it as we speak. there are usually heaps of people involved with this program. i wouldnt worry another one better will come up.
plus im sure the DVD Decrypter your using is still going to decrypt for a longtime
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24. June 2005 @ 20:41 |
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this is my first to to hear about DVD Decrypter. is it gone for good?
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24. June 2005 @ 20:57 |
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24. June 2005 @ 21:25 |
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thanx for the info;) i have been using AnyDVD for some time now and it works great;)
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24. June 2005 @ 23:01 |
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what exactly happen to DVD Decrypter?
The author recieved a threat from Macrovision, and ceased development. The author is LIGHTNING UK! Beware of a fraud pretending to be the author, and claiming that he now thinks nothing of the threat, and will continue development.
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mindgod
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25. June 2005 @ 16:11 |
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Ok guys, I've got some information that may or may not interest. Recently, I purchased a DVD of the movie Hitch. It is widescreen, and copyrighted 2005. Well I wanted to back it up using my usual method which is to make a shrinked ISO with DVD Shrink and burn with DVD Decrypter. Well, shrink didn't work on the DVD (my first time happening) I wiped the DVD clean and still nothing. What happened is that the analysis part gets stuck at 13 percent. So I tried DVD Decrypter and it also didn't work for a while. Then somehow I was able to rip the DVD into .VOB files and it removed the RCE and region protection. Then I was able to use Shrink to make a shrunk ISO. Also, Hitch can't be played in Windows Media player...I have all the codecs (which I payed for) and it says it can't play due to digital copyrights.
Something fishy is going on here...
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25. June 2005 @ 17:34 |
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Then somehow I was able to rip the DVD into .VOB files and it removed the RCE and region protection.
What's the "somehow"? (Which program did you use?)
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aabbccdd
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25. June 2005 @ 18:05 |
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anydvd will take care of this movie guys ,end of story .anyway were off topic.
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26. June 2005 @ 10:20 |
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A_Klingon,
I finally got my Columbo seasons 1 and 2. The 1st disc I did was 2nd season, disc 2. I used both AnyDVD and Decrypter and both worked using Nero's Recode 2 and also in RB/CCE. However it would not work in Shrink and Intervideo's DvdCopy 3. There was no warning on the box about the disc being messed with in any way. I don't know what this means,LOL, but anyway, that's the results. :>)
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A_Klingon
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26. June 2005 @ 19:18 |
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Okie-Doke, bigorange .....
Well, it would seem that your #2 disc is far-less severly crippled than mine was. Very perplexing, this. [scratching head]
Anytime that DVD-Decrypter *has* managed to recognize and rip a commercial dvd (99.9% of the time), DVDShrink has *always* processed the ripped files with ease. (In fact, that's my chosen trio - DVD-Decrypter + Shrink + Nero).
I've never had Shrink fail, once the rip has been made though. What happens when your copy of Shrink encounters the ripped #2 disc? Does Shrink work 'ok' with the other 3 discs in the set?
If you are only having a problem with that one disc, then (I guess) it has copy-protection to some extent. (Or "copy-inhibitors" of some type).
As you know, my copy of Disc #2 was just UNrecognizeable. I suppose it could be that Universal Studios "eased up" somewhat on the original (crippled) disc.
A very perplexing and annoying situation, bigorange. Just the way the movie studios like it, I guess.
As far as I can tell, it would have made no difference whatsoever which ripping software I might have chosen, because if the disc was not even recognized by my burner/computer, *nothing* could have ripped it anyway.
(Or in other words), "Ahhhhhhrrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!" =)
Thank you for reporting back. Unfortunately, we still don't have a definitive answer on this.
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26. June 2005 @ 20:09 |
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A_Klingon,
I haven't tried another disc yet, I was anxious to try disc 2 first, but I will let you know how the entire 2 seasons play out.
Something else that makes it more perplexing, although I have had files Decrypter ripped successfully and yet they wouldn't work in shrink, I have never(that I can remember) had files that would work in Nero recode and wouldn't work in Shrink(or visa-versa).
As you know the 2 apps are extremely close in nature, both the way they work, and the way they edit and read files. The only difference being that one won't burn(shrink) and one won't rip(recode). Other than that and some minor differences you couldn't tell 'em apart. What one fails on they both fail on and what one works on they both work on. Heck, Mr. Shrink now works for Nero.
Sooo....this makes it a little more confusing, also, I've never had a file DvdCopy 3 wouldn't work on if Decrypter would rip it. Usually I only have to run AnyDVD in the background for it to perform. This puzzles me also.
I will let you know what happens with the other discs. I think there is a total of 9 in all for seasons 1 and 2. I won't receive season 3 until August as that is when it's being released. I'll keep ya updated on that too.
One other question for ya, if you want to take it to a new thread, (since it really doesn't belong here), just post the URL. I was going to give Nero digital a try and I saw where it caused problems on your HDD. Do you know what happened and did it just crash or what? Should I stay away? I've got an extra external 80g HDD I could use and just put it on that to protect my C drive in case, but what do you think?
GO VOLS !
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A_Klingon
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26. June 2005 @ 20:35 |
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Actually, I've never used Nero Recode. I just use Nero for burning. It came bundled with my new LG dual-layer burner. (Both work like a charm).
Also, I doubt very much that the new Nero-Digital 30-day free trial was at fault. You see..... my new 200-gig HDD was rife with bad sectors! (Oh, yum....). Since June 10th, it seems I've had nothing but OS failures and program washouts. (same with ratDVD).
Got a replacement 200 gig Western Digital drive to add to my other two, and now everything seems to be 'OK'. Just spent the last two days setting up (again).
After I get the second OS (Win-2k) set up tomorrow, I'll think about starting a new thread about these BUM discs.
BTW, I too am looking forward to Season Three (August 9th, I'm told).
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FantomAU
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26. June 2005 @ 22:04 |
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WOW, I was floored when I read about DVDD. How sad is it that everything we like has to be taken away just because of the company. If it wasnt for us, There wouldnt be a need for them to even have macrovision protection, Because there wouldnt be any movies. We feed them all w/ our $ for movies etc and this kind of stuff happens.
I wonder what would happen if people stopped going to the movies and renting movies for a while, Then they'd see its actually "US" who make them stars, buy their movies etc....
Sad, Terribly Sad. And yes I know something will probably come out that'll do just as good a job (But probably not as good) as DVDD.
Can we still safely use it? I just heard about it tonight and just took off the update check.
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aabbccdd
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26. June 2005 @ 22:30 |
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yes you can still use the program. it just wont be updated anymore at this time
maybe down the road someone will pick it up where UK.Lighting left off ,we can only hope
and oh yeah dont email it to anyone
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mindgod
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27. June 2005 @ 14:17 |
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Nono, I was able to rip with DVD Decrypter. But as I said, analysing the original disc with shrink got stuck at 13 percent, where the movie part should have begun. It is a new disc, no read errors.
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sallyme
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27. June 2005 @ 19:36 |
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I just wanted to say im going to miss lightning and all the other nice people in the dvd forum who took the time and didnt make fun at teaching me how to back up my young girls dvds so i can have a set for the car as well as home .. sad i think ill take back 20 -30 differnt walt disney dvds my girls has scratched over the last 6 months before i got DVD Decrypter and im a woman i keep all my reciepts lol
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killa_b
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28. June 2005 @ 09:52 |
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i'm sure this has been said already somewhere but i didn't see it here.. so here it goes.. i think you guys should turn the preview screen off in Shrink so it doesn't freeze up when it hits inserted dummy sectors or Unreferenced Materials. also, when compressing, the Unreferenced Materials can't be compressed so be sure to make the correct selection from the drop down menu. you can, however, choose to not include any available audio tracks from Unreferenced Materials to free up a lil more space. don't expect much though.
i've also encountered problems during ripping. this seems to be the most critical part of making your backup. DVDD is the ONLY one to have ever worked for me (as with 99% of everyone else, hence our stressfulness through LUK's bullshit). the drive itself also has a lot to do with it too. it needs to be able to sustain high rpms when ripping in order to get past the crap sectors (sony) purposely placed on dics recently. if it hangs, leave the error message on the screen and try letting the drive rest a lil before hammering it again.
i don't have the colombo set so i can't try but maybe this will help. if it doesn't, sorry for wasting 2 minutes of your life (3 if you're a slow reader).
and let me also say (while i'm typing away) that i think we should all exercise a lil patience through all this. desperately emailing every person who claims to be the new UK and forwarding programs all over the place ain't going to benefit anything. go back and read the letter luk sent. he says not to try and email/contact the site because "a certain company" is taking it over and "You"ll not be getting the intended recipient and could be landing yourself in sh1t!". you can already guarantee every movie house on the planet is tearing up our prog and going through it with a fine tooth comb as we speak. so their own team of programmers (puppets) can combat the very technology they should be innovating (all for a paycheck). anyway.. just my opinion.
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28. June 2005 @ 11:56 |
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i used shrink 3.2 to make a backup copy of Hitch and use Nero to burn it without a problem ;)
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