Re: SlySoft's latest AnyDVD HD release strips BD+ from Blu-ray Discs

OK, I have tried AnyDVD with HD DVD titles and have found that they now play on my Non-HDCP compliant PC hardware.

Now to find that they can strip the region coding off of Blu Ray, this opens up the possibilities of being able to watch all of the foreign Blu Releases Region Free!!

I can already play HD DVD's on my PC with an XBOX360 HD DVD drive, and will likely pick up a Dual format PC Blu Ray/HD DVD drive shortly.

You won't find me sharing any of my HDM Disc catalog via any BitTorrent sites, but to legally archive and playback HDM without HDCP hardware is the deal clincher here.

Now it's on to start ordering up some of those Region 2 Blu Ray titles that I can now watch in Region 1 land.

Sorry, this only applies to PC drives, AnyDVD is not an option for standalone players..

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but to legally archive and playback HDM without HDCP hardware is the deal clincher here.

Sorry, if you are American there is no way to legally bypass HDM's protection. But then again, who's going to know unless you announced your intention publicly on the Internet.

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But then again, who's going to know unless you announced your intention publicly on the Internet.

Intention Publicly....

Actually doing so....

If I actually have legally purchased the Disc, am using it only for my own private in home viewing, and I am not making copies to share, sell, or distribute in any way.....

So what if my HTPC is a few years behind the times and doesn't have all the current HDCP hardware, AnyDVD offers some promise of being able to watch DVD, HD DVD, and BRD without forking out a few thousand dollars to buy a new HDCP compliant HTPC.

Not really looking to RIP anything, just to have playback capabilities on the antiquated PC hardware of my choice.

The AnyDVD software is over $100 US, so I'm not buying, but it is nice to know that such software exists.

I think I'll wait and see, maybe a shareware/freeware variant will pop up soon.

Maybe they will be able to fix the security loopholes when they get to Blu Ray profiles 3.0 or 4.0, but then of course you will have to purchase another Blu Ray player to be able to watch newer movie titles.

No piracy intended whatsoever, I don't play those games, I just am offended that movie studios automatically assume that everyone is a crook, and that means we need to be, HDCP'd, DRM'd, and Root Kit'ed to death, and that infringes on my ability to play a legally purchased Disc in the sanctity of my own home, without spending a small fortune on new hardware every time they decide to change the HDM security standards.

$ony/BMG already did the Root Kit number to several of my PC's just by playing the CD's, not even ripping them to MP3's, so you never know what they are up to.

With BD Live and players that accept cookies, don't be surprised that they will have a spy console sitting in everyone's living room.

[Post edited by VideoCipher on Mar 21, 2008]

Yeah most of my stuff isn't HDCP compliant. Only my video card is. It's really hard to view HD movies on a first generation LCD panel. AnyDvd HD only cost me $45 but I already had AnyDvd from before...

I am on the waiting list for this it does EVERYTHING you can think of:
I have been waiting 2 months, so hopefully it is soon!!!

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/popcorn-hours-a-100-media-streamer-gets-official-has-waiting-l/

For those that can bring back wish lists from last October, you'll undoubtedly remember the totally promising Popcorn Hour Networked Media Tank. Now, it seems the device has received somewhat of a facelift since our initial sneak peek and hasn't lost a bit of its popularity. The A-100 media streamer enables users to stuff an HDD within and transfer files via BitTorrent when not dishing out all sorts of media or acting as a NAS. Additionally, it supports 1080p output and plays nice with just about every format imaginable, including: MPEG1/2/4, MP3, AVI, ASF, WMV, MOV, H.264, XviD, AAC, WAV, JPEG and lots, lots more. Sadly, this $179 gem is currently backordered, and requires some sort of fancy sign-up process just to get in line. Still, with specs like these, the wait is probably worth it.

I got the newest version of it: SlySoft.AnyDVD.HD.v6.4.0.0.FiNAL
I will test it out this evening.

All I have to say is Bye to Buying Blu-Ray!!!

Now a serious question for some of you?

Current Blu-Ray supporters,

How many of you will still buy Blu-Ray titles VS ripping them from NetFLIX/ or Rental Stores?

SlySoft on Blu-ray BD+ crack: next time it will be easier

"Admittedly, we are not really so fast with this because actually we had intended to publish this release already in December as promised," said Peer van Heuen, SlySoft head of HD technologies in a post. "However, it was decided for strategic reasons to wait a bit for the outcome of the 'format war' between HD DVD and Blu-ray."

The BDA won't be able to outrun this hack
One issue facing SlySoft (and anyone else that manages to crack BD+) is that the encryption keys and scheme can be modified in the case of a successful crack. That's no worry, as van Heuen told Ars that "cracking updates will take significantly less time than the basic work we did the last three months—which was figuring out how BD+ works, since it is not documented in public."

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080325-blu-ray-drm-definitively-cracked-update.html

cool

[Post edited by streaky on Mar 31, 2008]

It's a continuous game of TAG for both sides. The sad part: The Studios will continue to spend MILLIONS of dollars, in security features, litigations, & (piracy) investigations... than by just SIMPLY doing the ONE THING that would discourage people from copying hi-def movies to platters: Sell the Blu-Ray movies at a retail price of $15 or UNDER! In the long term... they make money.

Get people to buy them cheap NOW, while blank blu-ray platters are selling for $25 a pop, & blu-ray burners for over $200! It just gets harder & harder to grasp (if at all) this piracy issue... once these duplicating tools become cheaper to manufacture, at a later date.

[Post edited by xplaytendo on Apr 1, 2008]