Slysoft has closed down

dbcooper · 24th February 2016, 11:05

SlySoft has shut down its website and ceased sales of the popular Blu-ray ripping software AnyDVD

Very, very annoying for people who like to play DVDs and Blu-ray discs through their HTPC.

Sparktank · 24th February 2016, 12:35

I used to use MakeMKV for remuxing so I can do various editing and playing around in AVS.

But then DVDFab had a couple giveaway events to hand out free Lifetime Pro versions of their Passkey.
Which operates like AnyDVD-HD but is separate from other DVDFab encoders and tools.

I'll probably buy MakeMKV when it's out of BETA.
I was so glad DVDFab had their promos.
AnyDVD-HD for life was too pricy and didn't really like the idea of paying any less until I could buy lifetime.

It's good there's more options out there.

Mark_Venture · 24th February 2016, 15:43

Trying to find an alternative now... I had Anydvdhd lifetime for years now. That to rip and BD-Rebuilder to convert to MKV was great.

I got a license for DVDFab Passkey when they were giving them out free. Going to have to reach out to their support because there are issues with it working and listing any drive as a source to rip from, even though they are listed in the settings screen.

What other options are there to rip and feed to BD-Rebuilder?

Ghitulescu · 24th February 2016, 18:00

I was surprised to see how long they resisted.

Chetwood · 25th February 2016, 06:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghitulescu

I was surprised to see how long they resisted.

I'm rather surprised they caved in now. They are based in Antigua and develop software that's perfectly legal there, is it not?

duedel · 25th February 2016, 13:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chetwood

I'm rather surprised they caved in now. They are based in Antigua and develop software that's perfectly legal there, is it not?

UHD Bluray is about to come out.
Coincidence?

Atak_Snajpera · 24th February 2016, 18:55

I wonder why they didn't register their company in more "civilized" countries like Russia or China?

BTW. Is MakeMKV a Russian project?

manolito · 25th February 2016, 00:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atak_Snajpera

I wonder why they didn't register their company in more "civilized" countries like Russia or China?

BTW. Is MakeMKV a Russian project?

Going by the name of the developer (Mike Chen) it looks more like Chinese...

Cheers
manolito

Ghitulescu · 25th February 2016, 17:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atak_Snajpera

I wonder why they didn't register their company in more "civilized" countries like Russia or China?

DVD Fab was based in China and it closed earlier

johner23 · 25th February 2016, 17:39

Hi, dear all.

@duedel

Quote:

UHD Bluray is about to come out.
Coincidence?

See below:

---> http://www.myce.com/news/dvdfab-we-w...to-come-78698/

Thanks.

Best regards.

devil (johner)

duedel · 25th February 2016, 21:09

Damn, looks like those AACS guys are coming down hard on their "enemies".

Quote:

Originally Posted by johner23

Hi, dear all.

@duedel

See below:

---> http://www.myce.com/news/dvdfab-we-w...to-come-78698/

Thanks.

Best regards.

devil (johner)

Atak_Snajpera · 25th February 2016, 18:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghitulescu

DVD Fab was based in China and it closed earlier

So it looks like Mother Russia is the last safe place then

At least scums from AACS LA won't kill MakeMKV. I'm sure that russian courts will dismiss any claims from company located in USA. Especially now in these times.

nevcairiel · 25th February 2016, 18:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghitulescu

DVD Fab was based in China and it closed earlier

Where do you get that from? Still seems to be up and running and probably having the sales day of their life.

The only thing I see is the announcement about UHD, but nothing that would impact functionality of their existing BD product.

Ghitulescu · 26th February 2016, 16:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by nevcairiel

Where do you get that from? Still seems to be up and running and probably having the sales day of their life.

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News...x?NewsId=43216
https://torrentfreak.com/images/AACSl.pdf

I admit I haven't investigated further (for I assumed the results are the expected ones).

China will be curbed down soon.

Chetwood · 27th February 2016, 06:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghitulescu

China will be curbed down soon.

Says who?

foxyshadis · 27th February 2016, 08:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghitulescu

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News...x?NewsId=43216
https://torrentfreak.com/images/AACSl.pdf

I admit I haven't investigated further (for I assumed the results are the expected ones).

China will be curbed down soon.

Er, DVDFab has been selling and updating their Bluray decryptor outside the US uninterrupted all along. US users can even access its online database without a problem, they only did the bare minimum to redirect US users to another web site. You should investigate further, they haven't shut down at all.

The UHD statement is most likely because they don't have the technical expertise to immediately crack AACS2, so they're going to have to wait until someone releases (or sells them) a crack.

Stereodude · 24th February 2016, 19:43

Will it still work for people who bought it? Or did it phone home to get the decryption keys rendering it now useless?

nevcairiel · 24th February 2016, 22:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stereodude

Will it still work for people who bought it? Or did it phone home to get the decryption keys rendering it now useless?

Unless they release an offline version of the database, it will only decrypt discs which you have the key locally cached for (ie. those that you decrypted once before)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atak_Snajpera

BTW. Is MakeMKV a Russian project?

It would appear so, yes.

Video Dude · 24th February 2016, 22:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stereodude

Will it still work for people who bought it? Or did it phone home to get the decryption keys rendering it now useless?

It will continue to work for all discs that have been released until now and a portion of discs that will be released in the future. Future discs that are protected by an updated key or a new BD+ will not work.

AnyDVD did not require a phone home to decrypt. There was an online decryption database, but that was for recently released discs. Those new decryptions would then be put into the local database of the newest versions of the program. So if you always kept it updated to the latest version you would not technically need the online database.

Stereodude · 24th February 2016, 23:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by nevcairiel

Unless they release an offline version of the database, it will only decrypt discs which you have the key locally cached for (ie. those that you decrypted once before)

This does not seem to be the case based on my testing (after I got home from work).

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Mark_Venture Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 225	Trying to find an alternative now... I had Anydvdhd lifetime for years now. That to rip and BD-Rebuilder to convert to MKV was great. I got a license for DVDFab Passkey when they were giving them out free. Going to have to reach out to their support because there are issues with it working and listing any drive as a source to rip from, even though they are listed in the settings screen. What other options are there to rip and feed to BD-Rebuilder?

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Stereodude Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Region 0 Posts: 1,436	Will it still work for people who bought it? Or did it phone home to get the decryption keys rendering it now useless?