Decrypting DVDs with AnyDVD

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/articles.php?action=expand,9818' target='_blank'>http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/articles.php?action=expand,9818</a><br /><br /></div><i>"AnyDVD is a real-time DVD decryption tool that works so well, you'd swear it was magic. The developers created a fast, lightweight, highly effective way of allowing you to work with video on commercial DVDs very easily. And beyond decryption, it has a few other tricks."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/anydvd-quicklook.gif" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/><br /><br />I published a review yesterday over at Digital Media Thoughts, and anyone that has tried getting DVDs onto their Pocket PC or Smartphone will likely appreciate what this program has to offer (especially in conjunction with CloneDVD Mobile or another transcoding program). Give it a read!

[randalllewis]

Jason, a while back you were evaluating some software to get DVD's to your portable devices. Video Vault was one you wrote about as I recall. Is Any DVD your product of choice?

[Jason Dunn]

Jason, a while back you were evaluating some software to get DVD's to your portable devices. Video Vault was one you wrote about as I recall. Is Any DVD your product of choice?

Yeah, I'm working on those reviews next. Video Vault is good, as is CloneDVD Mobile. Video Vault has a few more controls over export (WMV, DivX) whereas CloneDVD Mobile seems to be DivX only, but it's a cleaner interface and it easier to use. I have a review of CloneDVD coming up soon on Digital Media Thoughts.

[hylton]

I have been playing w/ AnyDVD and CloneDVDMobile quite a bit, and it's definitely nice...I have been able to produce pretty good quality movies for my Windows Smartphone. There is a glitch in the INI file for the Smartphone entry, but once that is fixed, you can use that and pump out regular (MPEG4 i guess) format instead of DIVX. Forgive the lack of definition there, not much up on the different formats.

Anyway...I ripped a Pooh video for my kid on the plan and also Sith to keep me occupied here and there...and while I find it neat, watching on a 2" screen is a bit hard on the eyes.

I still like the interface though and how easy it is to use, I plan on buying it to rip all my DVDs to the HD of my media center machine and to convert everything to smartphone format for plane trips.

Chris