This official release of AnyDVD that completely removes BD+ by Slysoft finally convinced me to buy it. Very happy with my PC's now being able to play HD DVD movies without using a HDMI or DVI/with HDCP video card. Just using the built into the motherboard Intel video with a VGA connection to my monitor. A XBOX 360 HD DVD external USB drive is my current source with PowerDVD Ultra software player. So someday I may buy a Blu-ray drive for my PC.
Nice not having to add a video card. Keeps the PC (Core2Duo E6600 with Intel Q965 Express Chipset) simple and quiet. I get 5.1 Dolby TrueHD audio decoded to the PC's 5.1 analog outputs. 50% processor utilization with VC-1. 84% with MPEG-4 AVC.
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6.4.0.0 2008 03 19
- New (Blu-ray): Removes the BD+ protection from Blu-ray discs!
(for increased compatibility with titles released by Twentieth
Century Fox :-) )
- New (Blu-ray): Added option to enable / disable BD+ removal
- New (DVD): AnyDVD ripper no longer uses the Windows filesystem, it
has now its own UDF parser / reader.
Discs which cannot be read by Windows can now be copied with the
AnyDVD ripper.
- Fix (Blu-ray): Black display with some BD discs, e.g., "Layer Cake",
second release, "The Fugitive", "Wild Things" (all Region B)
- Fix (DVD): Small bugfix in "repairing defective disc structure"
function of AnyDVD ripper
- Fix (DVD): Problems with some Arccos protected titles, e.g.
"The Grudge", R1, US
- Some minor fixes and improvements
- Updated languages
http://static.slysoft.com/SetupAnyDVD6400.exe