All-In-One Installers For RipIt4Me

[BIACSMF]

If you are having problems installing the necessary programs in their correct folders/locations and getting RipIt4Me preferences setup correctly too, then look no further as the FREE AIO Installers will do all this for you automatically in just a few seconds. You can download them from the links below.
The AIO 1000 installer works for those who already have decrypter and shrink installed on their computers.
The AIO 2000 is for those who are just starting into backup their dvds. This installer will install all the programs a beginner needs to get started immediately.

These installers deal with installing:

RipIt4Me
FixVTS
DVD Decrypter
DVD Shrink
MenuShrink

AIO 1000: Download here or here
AIO 2000: Download here or here

<EDIT> These installers have been updated to 1.5 and 2.5
I posted newer information about them in my post #13

[cynthia_old]

From the installation notes:

* Secondly you do not need to copy and paste the registration code if you run the installer from your desktop.
The installer will import the registration code automatically for you.Wonder what this does - never seen the need of registration code before in an installer that installs freeware. :confused:

http://www.digital-digest.com/~cynthia/beta/regcode01.png

Edit: It's not good if you are using a swedish version of Windows as the default installation location is c:\program files and that is not used in our version of Windows.

[setarip_old]

Not intending to sound rude but, with the very clear installation instructions that accompany the "RipIt4Me" package (regarding RipIt4Me, DVD Decrypter, FixVTS, and DVD Shrink), why would anyone need /want to use a specially constructed "installer"?

[nwg]

Not intending to sound rude but, with the very clear installation instructions that accompany the "RipIt4Me" package (regarding RipIt4Me, DVD Decrypter, FixVTS, and DVD Shrink), why would anyone need /want to use a specially constructed "installer"?

Several people have had problems getting it working including a couple of people I know.

There is a official installer now on the RipIt4Me website that installs the program and FixVTS.

[blutach]

Not intending to sound rude but, with the very clear installation instructions that accompany the "RipIt4Me" package (regarding RipIt4Me, DVD Decrypter, FixVTS, and DVD Shrink), why would anyone need /want to use a specially constructed "installer"?
Plus this is the cross post of a thread I have already closed.

However, the reasons I closed that thread were because of the required membership and posting at another forum, which I considered SPAM.

These links to this installer are to direct downloads and so, as long as they stay that way, I will allow them.

This will be true unless the rather strange registration code proves to be some sort of malware.

Regards

[blutach]

From the installation notes:

Wonder what this does - never seen the need of registration code before in an installer that installs freeware. :confused:

http://www.digital-digest.com/~cynthia/beta/regcode01.png

Edit: It's not good if you are using a swedish version of Windows as the default installation location is c:\program files and that is not used in our version of Windows.I have done some more research into this code from clickteam's help file and feel I must warn all users of these installers that they are not private.

The Registration Tool is opened when you select the Tools / Users menu option. It allows you to generate user registration codes for your products. Your users can then use these registration codes to unlock the install program.

The Registration Tool is an independent tool. It saves the product and user information in a text file List.txt in the Install Creator Pro directory. It does not save this information in your installer settings.

Install Creator Pro allows you to protect your install program with 3 kinds of registration codes:


Long registration codes
These codes contain all the user information (name, company name, serial number, etc) and thus have a variable size. They are recommended for shareware applications. Example of long registration codes: #S#LKKHGALUIEYPUE9YZT38HEJD83HDIU89J2OK8ZE72HIZ982NDIOZ02JDBDSU728D37837DH298SH#E#.



On this basis, I would urge all people who don't want their privacy compromised to totally ignore these installers and use the Official one (http://www.ripit4me.org/download.html).

I agree with cynthia_old - I wonder why freeware is requiring registration codes? It is a free installer for goodness sakes, which simply bundles up a whole lotta free software (presumably with the permissions of those authors who are known). Why would the compiler need to keep a database of names and emails?

In short, use these at your own risk!!! RipIt4Me has a very simple installer on the official RipIt4Me (http://www.ripit4me.org/) site - use that with complete anonymity (it also solves your issue, cynthia_old, of having freedom to pick your own install directory).

My view actually is that, irrespective of the registration codes, the AIO are bloated and rather crude installers.

Regards

[nwg]

The first few AIO installers were ok and installed what you needed but, now they are OTT with other stuff such as menushrink which is not essential.

[BIACSMF]

Well shall we say one should listen to what they preach!

In all due fairness lets give WARNING to everyone about the official installer at the RipIt4Me.org site also. Yes folks the official installer at the RipIt4Me site is assembled by the same installer as the AIO installers are. So what makes it any safer than the AIO installers might one ask? Maybe this so called gathering of information is being done by the official RipIt4Me installer too. Maybe people should stay clear of the official RipIt4Me installer! Who can people trust these days? It's hard to say anymore with folks making up all the ridiculous scenarios of what the AIO installers are doing when they are not.

From what I have found folks and I have looked these installers over good and checked them upside down, right side and backwards and I can not find any malicious anything in them. Every program I have run on them, shows them clean. I must say also I looked up this information about the registration code and Blutach is being a little misleading here in telling the truth. From what I read the only way personal information can be obtained is if you give it to the author and that information was inputted in the code. The code that was used here and from what I seen, looked as if it was a public domain code registration that anyone could use, other words allowing the installer to complete the installation and that's all. Nothing more or nothing less. Now don't go asking why did this person choose to use this code, to activate the installer, cause I do not know. A guess, maybe for looks, because the code the installer was inputting came straight from the registration file on your desktop and the code didn't do anything but allow the installer to complete the installation.
I have also seen from a recent download (today) that this step or procedure has been removed and I would imagine do to the fact there has been so much silly speculation that it was doing something it totally could not do unless you input your personal information yourself and I didn't see the installer asking for your personal data input or accessing the Internet during install which could indicate that information being sent to a database, which I have seen nothing of the sort, so tell me how could this program be gathering personal information on you and who could be getting it when it makes no Internet connection?
You people have your choice of installers and both are made by the same installer program and one or both could be just as dangerous as the other, but I can tell you from what I have seen and checked on these AIO installers they are as clean as they come.

On another note if I may, I think MenuShrink was a rather nice add to the installers. I find myself using it every time right after RipIt4Me has finished. It can really decrease the size of those menus and I am sure the author of MenuShrink (who is also the author of FixVTS) likes to see his other programs associated with RipIt4Me also.

Have a nice day!

[cynthia_old]

The code that was used here and from what I seen, looked as if it was a public domain code registration that anyone could use, other words allowing the installer to complete the installation and that's all.I still don't understand the registration code. How could you see that it was a public domain code registration? It was not in plain english.

It would be nice if the author of this installer explained why it was there from the beginning. It makes it very odd to me that it was needed before and now it's not needed.

The second thing I don't understand is why the installer is shipped in a zip file that needs to be extracted before you can run the installation file. A good created installer don't need a zipfile. Most newbies don't now how to extract a zip file.

I do agree with you that there is nothing added to the original program files. No spyware/virus. It's just the previous installer version that looked odd to me.

[blutach]

Both the official and the AIO have been made with Clickteam Pro. The official installer does not ask for a rego code. You click it, you can choose your install directory (which you can't do with the AIO) and you go. If you have an INI file, it doesn't overwrite it (which the AIO did to both my RipIt4Me.ini and MenuShrink.ini files, which is definitely not what I wanted :().

And RipIt4Me has a Softpedia guarantee that it is spyware free. That's good enough for me. Obviously, not good enough for BIACSMF but we are all entitled to our own preferences. Maybe AIO should get that as well.

Now folks, we are talking about installers here. This hardly merits further discussion. They are installers of freeware - that's all. Let's move on to decrypting issues please.

Regards

[BIACSMF]

@Cynthia_Old

I still don't understand the registration code. How could you see that it was a public domain code registration? It was not in plain English.
I am making nothing more than a guess by calling it public code. It looks like to me the code was used by everyone and not restricted to just one person or group therefore deeming it public domain. LOL.... I don't think I have ever seen any code you could read as plain English. :) Regardless of it's once purpose, it has been removed from these last installers that are now available for download.

Cynthia as far as your other questions, if I were the person who created the installers I could answer all of them for you, but I am not.

Thank you for your reply.

@blutach

If you have an INI file, it doesn't overwrite it (which the AIO did to both my RipIt4Me.ini and MenuShrink.ini files, which is definitely not what I wanted ).
Sir, you are being a little misleading here to the users that reads these posts. I have looked at the RipIt4Me official installer and it does the same thing as AIO installers when it comes to the .ini file. Both installers will append any new information to an existing .ini file but will not overwrite the original set preferences. Both RipIt4Me and AIO installers were intended for someone new and needing help getting their files setup, not for someone who already has these files setup on their computers and working. There will always be some type of conflict when different programs are dealing with the same named files. Unless you make backups first you always take the risk of a overwrite or something being appended too.

Now I agree with you and let's move on and enjoy all these freeware programs that help us backup our DVD's. I know I am very grateful for them, for my kids seem to break, scratch, crack anything they get their little hands on. :)

Have great day!

[blutach]

Sir, you are being a little misleading here to the users that reads these posts. I have looked at the RipIt4Me official installer and it does the same thing as AIO installers when it comes to the .ini file. Incorrect. If an INI file exists, the official installer does not overwrite it. But certainly the AIO overwrote my INI files without warning.

Now, let's move on. Users are free to choose which installer they want.

Regards

[BIACSMF]

WOW........ I see the All-In-One Installer has been updated to version 2.5 and now this new installer works with any drive or folder configuration. Great job!

Here is the download link and have a great day. :)

Download AIO 2500 here (http://www.cdr-zone.com/forum/about6555.html) .

[BIACSMF]

Looks like the AIO 2500 installer has been updated.

Have a great day! :)

[BIACSMF]

FYI, AIO 2500 installer was updated to RipIt4Me 1.5.6.0 :)

[blutach]

Transferred to General Discussions - let's keep Decrypting to discussions on decrypting not about installers.

We can assume this installer is being updated without the new posts, which do little more than bump this thread.

Regards

[hl940]

edit mod: removed spam

[dani82]

how good can their products be, if they use an hotmail account

also 3,5,8 (no, the + & = symbols aren't missing)

i guess an 3 & 4 for me

[BIACSMF]

I don't know why my topic was shoved away here in chat as it has nothing to do with chatting and everything to do with decrypting!

For those of you who are interested in backing up your personally owned DVD collection then I highly recommend this freeware installer program called the AIO Installer 2.5.5.0 "The Original Installer For RipIt4Me" that will install all the programs you need at once, in a matter of a few seconds. No more hunting the Internet for them or trying to figure out where and how to install and set them up. AIO does this all automatically for you and the sweet thing about it, it's FREE.
The new updated AIO 2.5.5.0 Installer now comes with (4) in (1) installers so you can install the setup you need depending on what programs you already have.

You can download the AIO 2.5.5.0 Installer here (http://www.aioinstallers.invisionplus.net/).

[CWR03]

Why are you so concerned that people know about and use this free installer? As mentioned earlier in this thread, RipIt4Me has its own "all-in-one" installer now.

[BIACSMF]

M8 my only concern is why there are certain people here at doom9 that have such concerns themselves about this installer they will go to any extremes to bury it.

[foxyshadis]

If that was the case, your topic would be deleted, you would be banned. That's "extreme". Instead, the topic is at the top of general, and it's just a couple people asking why two mostly identical installers need to exist. Sure, it's an alternative, but it's a rather pointless one.

[setarip_old]

M8 my only concern is why there are certain people here at doom9 that have such concerns themselves about this installer they will go to any extremes to bury it.You're making, much ado about (nearly) nothing - It's only an installer, not the Holy Grail, or a new O/S, or even a decrypting program...

[CWR03]

M8 my only concern is why there are certain people here at doom9 that have such concerns themselves about this installer they will go to any extremes to bury it.
You didn't answer my question.

[BIACSMF]

@foxyshadis

I have been following and using this installer since it came out way back in July of this year. It was the first and only installer that would install and setup automatically all programs (DVDD, DVDS, FixVTS) that was needed to work with RipIt4Me.
This installer is not going to roll over and play dead because someone came out with a installer that only installs RI4M and FV and calls it a official installer. The AIO Installer offers and does more for the first time user allowing he/she a total package with all programs needed to install and setup. You can start backing up immediately instead and hunting and downloading and trying to figure out how to set these other programs up. They are a lot of ppl new to all this and new to computers and wanting to jump wright in and start backing up there DVDs. Well we all know how this can be a little confusing at first and the AIO Installer just makes things easier.

@setarip_old

I am making a big deal here because my thread was moved out of decrypting forum claiming the installer and my thread has nothing to do with decrypting. Well let me say this, neither does RipIt4Me. Is it a ripper? No it's not a ripper! Nothing more than a front end program to allow DVDD to continue it's ripping methods and if it wasn't for FixVTS it could not finish what it started. So answer me why is RipIt4Me allowed in the decrypting forum when technically it is not a true ripper and needs other programs to make itself work? The installer is offering users all those programs needed to make RipIt4Me work in one package (and believe me there are a lot of ppl out there that don't have a clue what DVDD or DVDS is) and has just as much right to belong in the decrypting forum as RipIt4M does. There is no reason two installers cannot exist. The official one offers you a quick way when you have DVDD and DVDS installed and AIO Installer offers you all the programs to install and setup for you. There is no reason for AIO not to be posted about in any forum that pertains to DVD decrypting or backups.

@CWR03

I think I more or less answered your question in this post.

[setarip_old]

Nothing more than a front end program to allow DVDD to continue it's ripping methods and if it wasn't for FixVTS it could not finish what it startedYou are mistaken. If, in fact, the "RipIt4Me" component of the "RipIt4me" package was only a GUI ("front end program"), there would be no updates/modifications made to allow it to deal with the periodic latest incarnations of "ARccOS" and/or "RipGuard" copy protection schemes - or to select various ripping modes (full DVD, movie only, menu and movie only, ISO).

Trying to compare the significance of an installer program to "RipIt4Me" and the "RipIt4Me" package is ludicrous.

It looks like virtually all of your postings (I believe there was ONE unrelated post) at the Doom9 forums have been regarding this installer. From what I've seen here and at other forums, it would have been appropriate for you to make ONE posting, stating that "This installer, which will be continuously updated as necessary, can be downloaded from (Link)" - instead of adamantly trying to convince the world that an installer is more important than it is.

Your stated concern about "newbies" certainly has some validity to it, but "newbies" learn more by asking questions (The old , "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for one day, give him a fishing rod and he'll never go hungry") - and this concern would, as I previously stated, be adequately addressed by a SINGLE posting regarding the existence of the installer program...

[BIACSMF]

@setarip_old

M8, I am not going where you are wanting to go with this. We are getting way off topic here and first off I don't know what you mean about posting at other sites. This is the only site I have posted at about the AIO installer. I am sure there are others who find the program very useful and post about it too. I will ask you one question and there is no need for you to reply, what program actually does the ripping of the DVD? That's right DVD Decrypter, not RipIt4Me as it has no ripper engine and theoretically cannot be called a ripper.

Have a nice day. :)

[setarip_old]

I don't know what you mean about posting at other sites.Sorry that you didn't understand. Over the years, there have been many installers created for many programs and, typically, forum postings regarding such installers are limited to one post stating the existence of the installer and a link for downloading.M8, I am not going where you are wanting to go with this.My turn to say I don't know what you mean, but there's no need to explain.

There's nothing wrong with a little friendly difference of opinion ;>}

Bye...

[nwg]

what program actually does the ripping of the DVD? That's right DVD Decrypter, not RipIt4Me as it has no ripper engine and theoretically cannot be called a ripper.

Have a nice day. :)

It's not as simple as that.

DVD Decryptor can only decrypt and rip non Arcoss DVD's or the very early Arcoss titles before it stopped development (Resident Evil 2 is a example). Put the latest Arcoss DVD's in and it won't decrypt or rip. Therefore, RipIt4Me is telling DVD Decryptor how to decrypt and rip these titles and therefore it is a decrypting program. It is just not a ripper.

It is not just a frontend or GUI. As Setarip said, if that was the case, no updates would be needed. The software is still being fine tuned as the author learns the best way to rip and decrypt these difficult protected DVD's.

[BIACSMF]

@nwg

You are not understanding the point here and I know how DVDD works. RipIt4Me creates a psl telling DVDD which cells and VTS's to copy and not to copy. But DVDD still has to be launched and DVDD stills has to rip the dvd. RipIt4Me is not decrypting anything here by telling DVDD which cells and VTS's to copy or not to copy, DVDD stills does the work period. All its doing is setting up DVDD to do its thing, just like the installer setups all the programs and installs them where they need to go and setups preferences. The day the author chooses to write a ripper engine and include it in RipIt4Me and it's self contained, then you can classify RipIt4Me as a decrypting or ripper program. Without DVDD or FixVTS it would be nothing more than a shell and do nothing. Just like the AIO installer would not be a installer without the programs to install.

[sillKotscha]

You're making, much ado about (nearly) nothing - It's only an installer, not the Holy Grail, or a new O/S, or even a decrypting program...

what else to say... aaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhhh

man, simple as that - no need to defend the way you do, just because your topic was moved!! It was not deleted nor closed...

be happy with your "ultra cool" installer and have a good night!!

[blutach]

Methinks the engineer protests too much - way too much.

This installer is not going to roll over and play dead because someone came out with a installer that only installs RI4M and FV and calls it a official installer.Face it, BIACSMF, whatever the installer is on the RipIt4Me site, it's official because that is the official site and they say it's official. Get over it!

I still can't figure out what is being pushed here. My gut tells me there's something in it for the compiler and this whole thread is SPAM.

Also, I think almost every post here (http://www.invisionplus.net/forums/index.php?mforum=aioinstallers&showtopic=12) is by the same person designed to somehow increase downloads. Very suspicious, if you ask me.

As for your thread being moved, BIACSMF, it is now quite prominent and getting airtime - something which the people involved in Decrypting never did - they are more interested in decrypting digital video, not installing programs. So, be happy about that, but please do not post about installers in Decrypting again - the thread will be closed.

setarip_old's description of comparing an installer and something as sophisticated as RipIt4Me as "ludicrous" is very apt, IMHO.

Regards

[CWR03]

@CWR03

I think I more or less answered your question in this post.
You didn't at all. My question is why you're so concerned that people know about and use it. Why do you care? Why is that one question skirted when all the others are answered so directly?

[BIACSMF]

@CWR03

I tried to be polite and I think your question is a little bold and personal as I do not ask you about the concerns of your posts. So therefore I will just half to say it is really none of your business.

[blutach]

@BIACSMF

Rule 4 is pertinent to many of your posts - especially the last one and posts 19 and 25, where you question my decisions as a moderator of Decryting. I have tried to be tolerant of this, but can no longer do so.

Strike issued.

Regards

[Wilbert]

It looks like virtually all of your postings (I believe there was ONE unrelated post) at the Doom9 forums have been regarding this installer. From what I've seen here and at other forums, it would have been appropriate for you to make ONE posting, stating that "This installer, which will be continuously updated as necessary, can be downloaded from (Link)" - instead of adamantly trying to convince the world that an installer is more important than it is.
I agree with setarip_old here and advice BIACSMF to do this. I urge everyone of you (both the creator of the installer and the people complaining about it) not to debate this further in this thread.

[BIACSMF]

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